Gene expression dynamics during germline specification in mice identified by quantitative single-cell gene expression profiling

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 705-716

  Yabuta, Yukihiro ^a   Kurimoto, Kazuki ^a   Ohinata, Yasuhide ^a   Seki, Yoshiyuki ^a   Saitou, Mitinori ^a,b,c  

^a RIKEN KOBE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Developmental biology; Early development; Embryo; Gamete biology; Gene regulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; DPPA3 GENE; ENDODERM; EPIGENETICS; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MESODERM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRDM1 GENE; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATIC CELL;

ANIMALS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GERM CELLS; MESODERM; MICE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TELOMERE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 33750874985     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.106.053686     Document Type: Article

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