Moving towards the next generation

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 105, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 5-18

  Starz Gaiano, Michelle ^a   Lehmann, Ruth ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell migration; Drosophila; Germ plasm; Mouse; Primordial germ cells; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL ADHESION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GERM CELL; GERM LINE; GONAD; MAMMAL; MESODERM; MIDGUT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLASMA; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MOVEMENT; DROSOPHILA; GERM CELLS; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; ZEBRAFISH;

DANIO RERIO;

EID: 0034959190     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(01)00392-6     Document Type: Review

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