Germline-specific expression of the Oct-4/green fluorescent protein (GFP) transgene in mice

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 675-684

  Yoshimizu, Tomomi ^a   Sugiyama, Noriyuki ^a,e   De Felice, Mario ^b,f   Yeom II, Young ^c,f   Ohbo, Kazuyuki ^d,f   Masuko, Kazue ^e   Obinata, Masuo ^e   Kuniya, Abe ^d   Schöler, Hans R ^f   Matsui, Yasuhisa ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

^c Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

^d KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Germ cell; Green fluorescent protein; Oct 4; POU transcription factor; Transgenic mouse

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE ACTIVATION; GERM CELL; MALE; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPERMATOGONIUM; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, REPORTER; GERM CELLS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033387530     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-169X.1999.00474.x     Document Type: Article

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