The molecular mechanisms regulating germ cell development and potential

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 61-65

  Matsui, Yasuhisa ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

E cadherin; EG cell; GFP; Mil 1; Oct3 4; Primordial germ cell

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; PROTEIN MIL 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UVOMORULIN;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEACETYLATION; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; GAMETE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GERM CELL; HUMAN; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CADHERINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GERM CELLS; MICE; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-3; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS;

EID: 77749246473     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.109.008094     Document Type: Conference Paper

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