Characterization of a Dazl-GFP germ cell-specific reporter

Genesis

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 74-84

  Nicholas, Cory R ^a,b   Xu, Eugene Y ^c   Banani, Salman F ^b   Hammer, Robert E ^d   Hamra, Kent F ^d   Reijo Pera, Renee A ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dazl; Embryonic stem; ES; Germ cell; GFP; Ovary; Primordial germ; Reporter; Testis; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; DELETED IN AZOOSPERMIA LIKE PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DAZL PROTEIN, MOUSE; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PRIMER DNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FEMALE; FETUS; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; GENOME SIZE; GERM CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PACHYTENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL; CELL SEPARATION; CYTOLOGY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REPORTER GENE;

MUS MUSCULUS;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SEPARATION; DNA PRIMERS; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; OOGENESIS; OVARY; PREGNANCY; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

EID: 65449137087     PISSN: 1526954X     EISSN: 1526968X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvg.20460     Document Type: Article

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