Subcellular characterization of the primordial germ cell antigen PG2 in adult oocytes

Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 124, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 275-284

  Püschel, Bernd ^a   Demus, Uta ^b   Viebahn, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Germ cells; Oocyte mitochondria; PG2 epitope

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; EPITOPE; GLYCOSIDASE; PG2 ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLYCOSYLATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MITOCHONDRION; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; STAINING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; ANTIGENS; EPITOPES; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FROZEN SECTIONS; MITOCHONDRIA; OOCYTES; RABBITS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 27744478470     PISSN: 09486143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00418-005-0041-9     Document Type: Article

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