Effects of busulfan sustained-release emulsion on depletion and repopulation of primordial germ cells in early chicken embryos

Journal of Poultry Science

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 127-135

  Nakamura, Yoshiaki ^a,b   Usui, Fumitake ^a   Atsumi, Yusuke ^a   Otomo, Asako ^a   Teshima, Ayumi ^a   Ono, Tamao ^a   Takeda, Kumiko ^b   Nirasawa, Keijiro ^b   Kagami, Hiroshi ^a   Tagami, Takahiro ^b  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LIVESTOCK AND GRASSLAND SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Busulfan sustained release emulsion; Early chicken embryos; Germline chimeras; Primordial germ cells

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 65749104807     PISSN: 13467395     EISSN: 13490486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2141/jpsa.46.127     Document Type: Article

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