Cdx2 contributes to the expansion of the early primordial germ cell population in the mouse

Developmental Biology

Volumn 371, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 227-234

  Bialecka, Monika ^a   Young, Teddy ^a,e   Sousa Lopes, Susana Chuva de ^b   ten Berge, Derk ^c   Sanders, Anneke ^a   Beck, Felix ^d   Deschamps, Jacqueline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cdx2; Mouse embryo; Posterior growth zone; Primordial germ cells; Wnt3a

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CDX2; WNT3A PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CDX2 GENE; CELL EXPANSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MESODERM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WILD TYPE;

EID: 84867141403     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2012.08.018     Document Type: Article

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