Primordial germ cell specification from embryonic stem cells

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Wei, Wei ^a   Qing, Tingting ^a,b   Ye, Xin ^a,c   Liu, Haisong ^a   Zhang, Donghui ^a   Yang, Weifeng ^a   Deng, Hongkui ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 8B; GENE PRODUCT; MYC PROTEIN; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; PROTEIN ERAS; PROTEIN FGF8; PROTEIN PEG3; SOMATOMEDIN B RECEPTOR; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HOXA1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX17; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT3A PROTEIN; BMP4 PROTEIN, MOUSE; DPPA3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ARTICLE; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL LINE; CELL MATURATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EVALUATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GERM CELL; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GERM CELLS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSGENES;

EID: 58149193254     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004013     Document Type: Article

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