Derivation in culture of primordial germ cells from cells of the mouse epiblast: Phenotypic induction and growth control by Bmp4 signalling

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 112, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 15-24

  Pesce, Maurizio ^a,b,c   Gioia Klinger, Francesca ^a   De Felici, Massimo ^a  

^a Department of Public Health and Cell Biology   (Italy)

^b LABORATORIO DI PATOLOGIA VASCOLARE   (Italy)

^c CENTRO CARDIOLOGICO MONZINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bone morphogenetic protein 4; Epiblast; Germ cell lineage; Primordial germ cells; Smad

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; FORSKOLIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; GROWTH REGULATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ACTIVIN RECEPTORS, TYPE I; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN RECEPTORS, TYPE I; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINEAGE; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GERM CELLS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RECEPTORS, GROWTH FACTOR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMAD PROTEINS; SMAD1 PROTEIN; SMAD4 PROTEIN; TIME FACTORS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0036177598     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(01)00624-4     Document Type: Article

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