Impaired meiotic competence in putative primordial germ cells produced from mouse embryonic stem cells

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 215-222

  Tedesco, Marianna ^a   Farini, Donatella ^a   de Felici, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Embryonic stem cell; Gametogenesis; Meiosis; Primordial germ cell

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; GAMMA HISTONE H2AX; HISTONE H2AX; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; PROTEIN DMC1; STAGE SPECIFIC EMBRYO ANTIGEN 1; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX PROTEIN 1; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX PROTEIN 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASA HOMOLOG PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MEIOSIS; MEIOTIC PROPHASE I; NONHUMAN; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GERM CELLS; MEIOSIS; MICE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; OOCYTES;

EID: 79958856452     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.103108mt     Document Type: Article

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