Germ cells: The eternal link between generations

Comptes Rendus - Biologies

Volumn 330, Issue 6-7, 2007, Pages 474-478

  Surani, M Azim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLIMP1 PROTEIN; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; SOMATOMEDIN B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

EMBRYO; GERM CELL;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; ECTODERM; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME IMPRINTING; GERM CELL; HUMAN; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PARTHENOGENESIS; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SOMATIC CELL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY DIVERSITY; CELL LINEAGE; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; MALE; OOCYTES; PARTHENOGENESIS; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; PREGNANCY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 34447253530     PISSN: 16310691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2007.03.009     Document Type: Article

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