Expression and intracellular localization of mouse Vasa-homologue protein during germ cell development

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 93, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 139-149

  Toyooka, Yayoi ^a,b   Tsunekawa, Naoki ^a   Takahashi, Yoshihiko ^c   Matsui, Yasuhisa ^c,d   Satoh, Michio ^a   Noce, Toshiaki ^a  

^a MITSUBISHI KASEI INST OF LIFE SCI   (Japan)

^b Grad S   (Japan)

^c Inst Devmt   (Japan)

^d Department of Pediatrics   (Japan)

Author keywords

4C9; Cattle; Chromatoid body; Drosophila; EG cell; ES cell; Flying fox; Follicle; Genital ridge; Germ plasm; Gonad; Gonadal somatic cell; Horse; Human; Immuno electron microscopy; Immunocytochemistry; Mammal; Matri gel; Monkey; Mouse; Oocyte; Oogenesis; Ovary; Pig; Polar granule; Primordial germ cell; RNA helicase; Spermatid; Spermatocyte; Spermatogenesis; SSEA 1; Supporting cell; Testis; Totipotency; Translational regulation; Vasa

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; PROTEIN ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHROMATID; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DROSOPHILA; GAMETOGENESIS; GONAD; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HORSE; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAMMAL; MONKEY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOMATIC CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SWINE; TESTIS; TRANSLATION REGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GERM CELLS; GONADS; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; OOGENESIS; RNA HELICASES; SPERMATOGENESIS;

BOS TAURUS; CANIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; MAMMALIA; PTEROPODIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0034191987     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(00)00283-5     Document Type: Article

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