Divergent RNA-binding proteins, DAZL and VASA, induce meiotic progression in human germ cells derived in vitro

Stem Cells

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 441-451

  Medrano, Jose V ^a,b   Ramathal, Cyril ^a   Nguyen, H A N ^a   Simon, Carlos ^b   Reijo Pera, Renee A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

DAZL; Human embryonic stem cells; Induced pluripotent stem cells; Meiosis; VASA

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN DELETED IN AZOOSPERMIA; PROTEIN VASA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FETUS; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GERM CELL; GERMLINE MICRONUCLEUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; INFERTILITY; MALE; MEIOSIS; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; DEAD-BOX RNA HELICASES; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES, REPORTER; GERM CELLS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; MEIOSIS; MICE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX;

EID: 84857485975     PISSN: 10665099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/stem.1012     Document Type: Article

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