Primordial germ cell proliferation is impaired in Fused Toes mutant embryos

Developmental Biology

Volumn 349, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 417-426

  Kim, Bongki ^a,b   Kim, Youngha ^b   Sakuma, Rui ^c   Hui, Chi Chung ^c   Rüther, Ulrich ^d   Jorgensen, Joan S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^d HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fused toes; Iroquois; Irx; Ovary; Primordial germ cells; Testis

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 5; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 6; CD31 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR4; CONNEXIN 43; FTM PROTEIN; FTO PROTEIN; FTS PROTEIN; HISTONE H3; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; OSTEOGENIC PROTEIN 1; OXOGLUTARATE DEHYDROGENASE; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; STEM CELL FACTOR; STROMAL CELL DERIVED FACTOR 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR IRX3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR IRX5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR IRX6; UBIQUITIN CONJUGATING ENZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL CYCLE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMOSOME 8; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE LOCUS; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

MURINAE;

EID: 78650845164     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2010.10.010     Document Type: Article

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