Single cell analysis facilitates staging of blimp1-dependent primordial germ cells derived from mouse embryonic stem cells

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Vincent, John J ^a   Li, Ziwei ^a   Lee, Serena A ^a   Liu, Xian ^a   Etter, Marisabel O ^a   Diaz Perez, Silvia V ^a   Taylor, Sara K ^a   Gkountela, Sofia ^a   Lindgren, Anne G ^a   Clark, Amander T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLCYTOSINE; B LYMPHOCYTE INDUCED MATURATION PROTEIN 1; CELL PROTEIN; DNA; HISTONE H3; LYSINE; MVH PROTEIN; RNA; STAGE SPECIFIC EMBRYO ANTIGEN 1; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CD15 ANTIGEN; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; POU5F1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; PRDM1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLIMP1 GENE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL LABELING; CELL MATURATION; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAZL GENE; DNA METHYLATION; DND1 GENE; EMBRYO; EMBRYOID BODY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOME IMPRINTING; HEART DEVELOPMENT; IN VITRO STUDY; MESODERM; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; PRDM14 GENE; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS; STELLA GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SEPARATION; CYTOLOGY; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GERM CELL; GONAD; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD15; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SEPARATION; EMBRYOID BODIES; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GERM CELLS; GONADS; MESODERM; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-3; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSGENES;

EID: 83455213279     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028960     Document Type: Article

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