A molecular programme for the specification of germ cell fate in mice

Nature

Volumn 418, Issue 6895, 2002, Pages 293-300

  Saitou, Mitinori ^a   Barton, Sheila C ^a   Surani, M Azim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PROTEINS;

GENE EXPRESSIONS;

GENES;

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN FRAGILIS; PROTEIN STELLA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

GENE; GENETICS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; BLAST CELL; CELL FATE; CELL LINEAGE; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE REPRESSION; GERM CELL; HOMEOBOX; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; SOMATIC CELL;

ANIMALS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; DOWN-REGULATION; ECTODERM; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GERM CELLS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; STELLA;

EID: 0037130207     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature00927     Document Type: Review

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