Autonomy in specification of primordial germ cells and their passive translocation in the sea urchin

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 139, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 3786-3794

  Yajima, Mamiko ^a   Wessel, Gary M ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadherin; Germ line; PGC; Sea urchin; Strongylocentrotus purpuratus; Vasa

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ECHINODERM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULATION; GERM CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA URCHIN; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS;

ANIMALS; BLASTOMERES; CADHERINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GASTRULA; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GERM CELLS; LARVA; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS PURPURATUS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

ANIMALIA; DEUTEROSTOMIA; ECHINODERMATA; ECHINOIDEA; METAZOA; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS PURPURATUS;

EID: 84866509973     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.082230     Document Type: Article

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