Mouse germ cell clusters form by aggregation as well as clonal divisions

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 128, Issue 11-12, 2012, Pages 591-596

  Mork, Lindsey ^a   Tang, Hao ^a   Batchvarov, Iordan ^a   Capel, Blanche ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chimera; Germ cells; Intercellular bridges; TEX14

Indexed keywords

CD31 ANTIGEN; CELL MARKER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MVH PROTEIN; PROTEIN; TEX14 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UVOMORULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CHIMERA; CLONAL VARIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENOTYPE; GERM CELL; GONAD; MITOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; CADHERINS; CELL ADHESION; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL DIVISION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GERM CELLS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

MAMMALIA; MUS;

EID: 84857790638     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: 18726356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mod.2011.12.005     Document Type: Article

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