Heterogeneity of mouse primordial germ cells reflecting the distinct status of their differentiation, proliferation and apoptosis can be classified by the expression of cell surface proteins integrin α6 and c-Kit

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 567-583

  Morita Fujimura, Yuiko ^a   Tokitake, Yuko ^a   Matsui, Yasuhisa ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; C Kit; Heterogeneity; Integrin 6; Primordial germ cell

Indexed keywords

ALPHA6 INTEGRIN; STEM CELL FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL ISOLATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELLS; GONADS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; INTEGRIN ALPHA6; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT;

EID: 68549090656     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: 1440169X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-169X.2009.01119.x     Document Type: Article

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