Analysis of sex differences in EGC imprinting

Developmental Biology

Volumn 268, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 105-110

  Durcova Hills, Gabriela ^a   Burgoyne, Paul ^b   McLaren, Anne ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

H19; Igf2; Imprinting; PGCs; Pluripotent stem cells; Sex reversed

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GERM CELL; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; KARYOTYPE 46,XX; KARYOTYPE 46,XY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PHENOTYPE; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SRY GENE; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TRANSGENE; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 1642365471     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2003.12.018     Document Type: Article

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