Activin and TGFβ limit murine primordial germ cell proliferation

Developmental Biology

Volumn 207, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 470-475

  Richards, Ami J ^a   Enders, George C ^b   Resnick, James L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Activin; EG cells; Gonad; Gonocytes; Primordial germ cells; TGF

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR; ACTIVIN RECEPTOR; GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; INHIBIN; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; GERM CELL; GROWTH REGULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL MOTION; CYTOCHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE STRAIN; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MURINAE;

ACTIVIN RECEPTORS; ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL MOVEMENT; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GERM CELLS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INHIBINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; RECEPTORS, GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTORS, TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 0033558436     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1998.9174     Document Type: Article

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