On the formation of germ cells: The good, the bad and the ugly

Differentiation

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 131-140

  Chuva de Sousa Lopes, Susana M ^a   Roelen, Bernard A J ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Development; Differentiation; Germ cells; Mammals; Pluripotency; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

CELL MARKER;

BREEDING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LINE; CELL RENEWAL; CELL STRUCTURE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EPIGENETICS; GERM CELL; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATIC CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; MICE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 77649290908     PISSN: 03014681     EISSN: 14320436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diff.2009.11.003     Document Type: Review

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