REST and its downstream molecule Mek5 regulate survival of primordial germ cells

Developmental Biology

Volumn 372, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 190-202

  Okamura, Daiji ^a   Mochizuki, Kentaro ^a   Taniguchi, Hirofumi ^a   Tokitake, Yuko ^a   Ikeda, Makiko ^a   Yamada, Yasuhiro ^b   Tournier, Cathy ^c   Yamaguchi, Shinpei ^d   Tada, Takashi ^d   Schöler, Hans R ^e   Matsui, Yasuhisa ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR BIOMEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Knockout mouse; Mek5; Primordial germ cells; REST

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868303822     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2012.09.013     Document Type: Article

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