Dazl deficiency leads to embryonic arrest of germ cell development in XY C57BL/6 mice

Developmental Biology

Volumn 288, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 309-316

  Lin, Yanfeng ^b   Page, David C ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

C57BL 6; DAZ; Dazl; Dazl knockout; Embryonic; Germ cell; Pluripotency

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; MESSENGER RNA; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; PROTEIN; PROTEIN DAZL; PROTEIN DPPA3; PROTEIN GCNA; PROTEIN MVH; STELLA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CELL COUNT; CELL GROWTH; CELL LINE; CELL MATURATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENETIC DISORDER; GERM CELL; GONAD; GROWTH DISORDER; INBRED STRAIN; MOUSE; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPERMATOGONIUM; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 29044432866     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2005.06.032     Document Type: Article

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