Generation of stella-GFP transgenic mice: A-novel tool to study germ cell development

Genesis (United States)

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 75-83

  Payer, Bernhard ^a   De Sousa Lopes, Susana M Chuva ^a   Barton, Sheila C ^a   Lee, Caroline ^a   Saitou, Mitinori ^a,b   Surani, M Azim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b RIKEN KOBE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Embryonic stem cells; Primordial germ cells; Stella

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FEMALE; GENE; GERM CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; STELLA GENE; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 33645227503     PISSN: 1526954X     EISSN: 1526968X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gene.20187     Document Type: Article

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