Maternally localized germ plasm mRNAs and germ cell/stem cell formation in the cnidarian Clytia

Developmental Biology

Volumn 364, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 236-248

  Leclère, Lucas ^a   Jager, Muriel ^a   Barreau, Carine ^a   Chang, Patrick ^a   Le Guyader, Hervé ^a   Manuel, Michaël ^a   Houliston, Evelyn ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Cnidaria; Evolution; Germ line; Germ plasm; Hydrozoa; Multipotent stem cell; Preformation

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CELL DIVISION; CELL FATE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL POPULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLYTIA HEMISPHAERICA; CNIDARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GERMPLASM; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELL; NANOS1 GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PIWI GENE; PL10 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATIC CELL; STEM CELL; VASA GENE;

ANIMALIA; BILATERIA; CLYTIA; CLYTIA HEMISPHAERICA; CNIDARIA; HYDROIDA; HYDROZOA;

EID: 84858076489     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2012.01.018     Document Type: Article

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