Generation of germ-line chimera zebrafish using primordial germ cells isolated from cultured blastomeres and cryopreserved embryoids

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1491-1499

  Kawakami, Yutaka ^a   Goto Kazeto, Rie ^a   Saito, Taiju ^a   Fujimoto, Takafumi ^a   Higaki, Shogo ^a   Takahashi, Yoshiyuki ^b   Arai, Katsutoshi ^a   Yamaha, Etsuro ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Dissociated blastomere; Germ line chimera; Primordial germ cell

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYOID BODY; FEMALE; GAMETE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GONAD; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAWNING;

CYPRINIDAE; DANIO RERIO;

EID: 79751506766     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.093059yk     Document Type: Article

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