Germ Cell-Less Expression in Medaka (Oryzias latipes)

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 15-18

  Scholz, Stefan ^a,c   Domaschke, H ^a   Kanamori, A ^b   Ostermann, K ^a   Rodel G ^a   Gutzeit, H O ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

gcl; Germ cell differentiation; Ovary; Teleost; Testis; Vasa

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; GERM CELL; HEART; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIVER; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TELEOST; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; ORYZIAS; OVARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TESTIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ORYZIAS; ORYZIAS LATIPES; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 0344585293     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20012     Document Type: Article

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