Characterization of female germ-like cells derived from mouse embryonic stem cells through expression of GFP under the control of Figla promoter

Journal of Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1111-1121

  Hu, Yue ^a   Sun, Junwei ^a   Wang, Jing ^a   Wang, Long ^a   Bai, Yaofu ^a   Yu, Meng ^a   Lian, Zhimin ^a   Zhang, Shanshan ^a   Hua, Jinlian ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; Figla; GERM CELLS; MOUSE; RETINOIC ACID (RA)

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 9; PROTEIN FIGLA; PROTEIN SCP3; PROTEIN STRA8; PROTEIN ZP3; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RETINOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; EMBRYOID BODY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GERM CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; KIDNEY CAPSULE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RECOMBINANT PLASMID; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; DNA PRIMERS; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; OVUM; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC;

EID: 84863115321     PISSN: 07302312     EISSN: 10974644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcb.24044     Document Type: Article

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