Germ cells

Cell

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 165-174

  Wylie, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CELL MIGRATION; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; GERM CELL; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0033593291     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0092-8674(00)80557-7     Document Type: Article

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