A possible role of Reproductive homeobox 6 in primordial germ cell differentiation

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 10-12, 2011, Pages 909-916

  Liu, Chang ^a   Tsai, Paichi ^a   García, Ana Marie ^a   Logeman, Brandon ^a   Tanaka, Tetsuya S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Mouse embryonic stem cell; Primordial germ cell; Rhox; Short hairpin RNA

Indexed keywords

CELL MARKER; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENE; EMBRYO; EMBRYOID BODY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE HOMEOBOX 6 GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STABLE EXPRESSION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CELL LINEAGE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GERM CELLS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, GENETIC; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; STEM CELLS;

EID: 84859031391     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.113342cl     Document Type: Article

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