Ectopic formation of primordial germ cells by transplantation of the germ plasm: Direct evidence for germ cell determinant in Xenopus

Developmental Biology

Volumn 371, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 86-93

  Tada, Haru ^a   Mochii, Makoto ^a   Orii, Hidefumi ^a   Watanabe, Kenji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ectopic transplantation; Gametogenesis; Germ plasm; Germline determination; Primordial germ cell; Transgenic Xenopus

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN XNANOS1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XENOPUS DAZ LIKE PROTEIN; XENOPUS PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPIC TISSUE; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; ENDODERM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GASTRULA; GENITAL RIDGE; GERMPLASM; GONAD; HOST; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; WILD TYPE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84866482933     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2012.08.014     Document Type: Article

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