The Fragilis interferon-inducible gene family of transmembrane proteins is associated with germ cell specification in mice

BMC Developmental Biology

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-11

  Lange, U C ^a   Saitou, M ^a   Western, P S ^a   Barton, S C ^a   Surani, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFERON; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; FRAGILIS PROTEIN, MOUSE; FRAGILIS2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; FRAGILIS3 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FATE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CHROMOSOME 7; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FRAGILIS 2 GENE; FRAGILIS 3 GENE; FRAGILIS 4 GENE; FRAGILIS 5 GENE; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GONAD; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MAMMAL; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLASTOMERE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENETICS; GERM CELL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RAT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLASTOMERES; CATTLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PREGNANCY; RATS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 0041809298     PISSN: 1471213X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-213X-3-1     Document Type: Article

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