Ectopic germline cells in embryos of Xenopus laevis

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 561-570

  Ikenishi, Kohji ^a   Ohno, Takeshi ^a   Komiya, Tohru ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Ectopic primordial germ cell; TUNEL staining; Xenopus vasa; Xpat

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; FEMALE; GERM LINE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LARVAL STAGE; MALE; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; TADPOLE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; GERM CELLS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MOLECULAR PROBES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 34548010282     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: 1440169X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-169X.2007.00944.x     Document Type: Article

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