NANOS: A germline stem cell's guardian angel

Journal of Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 76-77

  Shen, Run ^a   Xie, Ting ^a  

^a STOWERS INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; NANOS2 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; SPERMATOZOON; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; SPERMATOZOA; STEM CELLS;

EID: 77956624691     PISSN: 16742788     EISSN: 17594685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmcb/mjp043     Document Type: Article

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