Vasa homolog genes in mammalian germ cell development

Cell Structure and Function

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 131-136

  Noce, T ^a   Okamoto Ito, S ^a   Tsunekawa, N ^a  

^a MITSUBISHI KASEI INST OF LIFE SCI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chromatoid body; Primordial germ cell (PGC); Spermatogenesis; Vasa

Indexed keywords

RNA HELICASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASA PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELL; HUMAN; MALE; MAMMAL CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; REVIEW; SPERMATOGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DEAD-BOX RNA HELICASES; FEMALE; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OOGENESIS; RATS; RNA HELICASES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 0034827067     PISSN: 03867196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1247/csf.26.131     Document Type: Review

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