Male germ cell specification and differentiation

Developmental Cell

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 537-547

  Zhao, Guang Quan ^a,c   Garbers, David L ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL MATURATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GERM LINE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SPERMATOGONIUM;

EID: 0036109085     PISSN: 15345807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1534-5807(02)00173-9     Document Type: Review

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