Serum-free culture of murine primordial germ cells and embryonic germ cells

Theriogenology

Volumn 59, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 1257-1264

  Horii, Takuro ^a   Nagao, Yasumitsu ^a   Tokunaga, Tomoyuki ^b   Imai, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Embryonic germ cell; Mouse; Primordial germ cell; Serum free culture

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; C57BL MOUSE; CELL COUNT; CHIMERA; CULTURE MEDIUM; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; DBA MOUSE; FEMALE; GERM CELL; INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH MOUSE; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; TOTIPOTENT STEM CELL;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL COUNT; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CHIMERA; CULTURE MEDIA, SERUM-FREE; FEMALE; GERM CELLS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; MICE, INBRED ICR; TOTIPOTENT STEM CELLS;

MURINAE;

EID: 0037354981     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(02)01166-4     Document Type: Article

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