Identification of genes expressed in human primordial germ cells at the time of entry of the female germ line into meiosis

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 851-860

  Goto, Tetsuya ^a,b   Adjaye, James ^a   Rodeck, Charles H ^b   Monk, Marilyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developmental gene expression; Differential display; Human development; Human primordial germ cells; Meiosis

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ISOLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MEIOSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032866451     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/5.9.851     Document Type: Article

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