Small micromeres contribute to the germline in the sea urchin

Development

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 237-243

  Yajima, Mamiko ^a   Wessel, Gary M ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Germ cells; GFP reporter; Nanos; Piwi; Sea urchin; Small micromeres; Vasa

Indexed keywords

RNA HELICASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CELL DIVISION; DEVELOPMENT; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GONAD; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METAMORPHOSIS; MICROMERE; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELL; NANOS GENE; NONHUMAN; PIWI GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA URCHIN; SURVIVAL; VASA GENE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BASE SEQUENCE; BLASTOMERES; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GERM CELLS; LYTECHINUS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORPHOGENESIS; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELLS;

ANIMALIA; ECHINOIDEA;

EID: 78751474548     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.054940     Document Type: Article

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