Reprogramming and the mammalian germline: The Weismann barrier revisited

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 716-723

  Sabour, Davood ^a   Schöler, Hans R ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR BIOMEDICINE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE; BLASTOCYST; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CELL MATURATION; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EPIGENETICS; EPITHELIUM CELL; FETUS GROWTH; FIBROBLAST; GAMETE; GASTRULATION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC REGULATION; GERM CELL; GERM LINE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LIVER CELL; MAMMAL CELL; MELANOCYTE; NEURAL STEM CELL; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; ORGANOGENESIS; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOMATIC CELL;

ANIMALS; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENOME; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; MAMMALS; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84871938660     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: 18790410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2012.08.006     Document Type: Review

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