Isolation and culture of rabbit primordial germ cells

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 352-357

  Kakegawa, Ryo ^a   Teramura, Takeshi ^b,c   Takehara, Toshiyuki ^a   Anzai, Masayuki ^a   Mitani, Tasuku ^a   Matsumoto, Kazuya ^a   Saeki, Kazuhiro ^a   Sagawa, Norimasa ^b   Fukuda, Kanji ^c   Hosoi, Yoshihiko ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Embryonic germ cells (EG cells); Pluripotency; Primordial germ cells (PGCs); Rabbit

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL SEPARATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENETICS; GERM CELL; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RABBIT; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL SEPARATION; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; GERM CELLS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; PREGNANCY; RABBITS; STEM CELLS;

ANIMALIA; MUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 55849120200     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.20020     Document Type: Article

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