SMAD1 signaling is critical for initial commitment of germ cell lineage from mouse epiblast

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 118, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 99-109

  Hayashi, Katsuhiko ^a   Kobayashi, Takashi ^b   Umino, Takashi ^a   Goitsuka, Ryo ^a   Matsui, Yasuhisa ^c,d   Kitamura, Daisuke ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

BMP; Epiblast; lacZ; Primordial germ cell; SMAD1 signalling

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN RECEPTOR; SMAD PROTEIN; ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; SMAD1 PROTEIN; SMAD1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; SMAD5 PROTEIN; SMAD5 PROTEIN, MOUSE; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COITUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO (ANATOMY); EXON; FETUS MEMBRANE; GASTRULATION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELL; HISTOLOGY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LACZ GENE; MARKER GENE; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMAD1 GENE; STEM CELL; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL LINEAGE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DBA MOUSE; DOSE RESPONSE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LACTOSE OPERON; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TIME; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

INSERTION SEQUENCES; MAMMALIA;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; CELL LINEAGE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EXONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LAC OPERON; MESODERM; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMAD PROTEINS; SMAD1 PROTEIN; SMAD5 PROTEIN; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0036803298     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(02)00237-X     Document Type: Article

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