Seminal discoveries in regenerative medicine: Contributions of the male germ line to understanding pluripotency

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 17, Issue R1, 2008, Pages

  Geijsen, Niels ^a   Jones, D Leanne ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL RENEWAL; CELL SPECIFICITY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GERM LINE; GERM LINE GENE THERAPY; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; REVIEW; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TERATOMA;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GERM CELLS; GONADS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; SPERMATOZOA;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 48049112119     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddn084     Document Type: Review

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