The Xdsg protein in presumptive primordial germ cells (pPGCs) is essential to their differentiation into PGCs in Xenopus

Developmental Biology

Volumn 297, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 483-492

  Ikenishi, Kohji ^a   Nishiumi, Fumiko ^a   Komiya, Tohru ^a  

^a Osaka City University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antisense morpholino oligo; Inhibition of PGC formation; Xdsg mRNA; Xdsg protein; XVLG1 protein

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN; FLUORESCEIN; INHIBITOR PROTEIN; LYSINE; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XDSG PROTEIN; XENOPUS PROTEIN;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; FEMALE; GERM CELL; INHIBITION KINETICS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RNA TRANSLATION; TADPOLE; XENOPUS;

EID: 33748463922     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2006.05.025     Document Type: Article

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