Mitotic arrest in teratoma susceptible fetal male germ cells

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Western, Patrick S ^a   Ralli, Rachael A ^b   Wakeling, Stephanie I ^a   Lo, Camden ^a   van den Bergen, Jocelyn A ^c   Miles, Denise C ^a   Sinclair, Andrew H ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; DEVELOPMENTAL PLURIPOTENCY ASSOCIATED 2 PROTEIN; DEVELOPMENTAL PLURIPOTENCY ASSOCIATED 4 PROTEIN; DNA CYTOSINE 5 METHYLTRANSFERASE 3 LIKE PROTEIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 3; NANOS HOMOLOG 2 PROTIEN; PROTEIN MILI; PROTEIN P15; PROTEIN P27; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DPPA2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; DPPA4 PROTEIN, MOUSE; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; POU5F1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; SOX2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FETUS; GERM CELL; MALE; MITOSIS INHIBITION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TERATOMA; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOWN REGULATION; METABOLISM; MITOSIS; PATHOLOGY; TESTIS;

MUS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; DOWN-REGULATION; FETUS; GERM CELLS; MALE; MICE; MITOSIS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-3; RECEPTOR, FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR, TYPE 3; SOXB1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TERATOMA; TESTIS;

EID: 79957961404     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020736     Document Type: Article

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