Derivation of embryonic germ cells and male gametes from embryonic stem cells

Nature

Volumn 427, Issue 6970, 2004, Pages 148-154

  Geijsen, Niels ^a,b   Horoschak, Melissa ^a,c   Kim, Kitai ^a,c   Gribnau, Joost ^a   Eggan, Kevin ^d   Daley, George Q ^a,c  

^a WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; BLOOD; CYTOLOGY; GENES; TISSUE;

EMBRYOGENESIS;

NATURAL SCIENCES;

EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; DIPLOIDY; EMBRYO; EPIGENETICS; GAMETE; GAMETOGENESIS; GERM CELL; HAPLOIDY; METHYLATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; YOLK SAC;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; GERM CELLS; HAPLOIDY; MALE; MEIOSIS; MICE; OOCYTES; STEM CELLS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0346562866     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02247     Document Type: Article

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