How is the mouse germ-cell lineage established?

Differentiation

Volumn 73, Issue 9-10, 2005, Pages 435-437

  McLaren, Anne ^a   Lawson, Kirstie A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gastrulation; Mouse primordial germ cells

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN BLIMP1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PRDM1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; GASTRULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; GASTRULA; GERM CELL; METABOLISM; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CELL LINEAGE; GASTRULA; GERM CELLS; MICE; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 33644875428     PISSN: 03014681     EISSN: 14320436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-0436.2005.00049.x     Document Type: Note

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