Identification of PGC7, a new gene expressed specifically in preimplantation embryos and germ cells

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 91-94

  Sato, Masatake ^a   Kimura, Tohru ^a   Kurokawa, Ken ^a   Fujita, Yukiko ^a   Abe, Koichiro ^a   Masuhara, Masaaki ^a   Yasunaga, Teruo ^a   Ryo, Akihide ^b   Yamamoto, Mikio ^b   Nakano, Toru ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

CDNA analysis; Embryonic stem cells; Oct 3 4; Oocytes; Oogenesis; Pre implantation; Primordial germ cells; Tissue non specific alkaline phosphatase

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL;

EID: 18344367065     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(02)00002-3     Document Type: Article

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