Early stages in male germ cell differentiation in the mouse: Review article

APMIS

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 127-133

  Anderson, Robert ^a   Garcia Castro, Martin ^b,c   Heasman, Janet ^a   Wylie, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gonadal development; Migration; Primordial germ cell

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CADHERIN; LAMININ;

CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMBRYO; GASTRULATION; GERM CELL; GONAD; NONHUMAN; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031938958     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1998.tb01327.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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