Germ cell differentiation from pluripotent cells

Seminars in Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 14-23

  Medrano, Josev ^a   Pera, Reneea Reijo ^b   Simón, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

differentiation; germ cells; human embryonic stem cells; induced pluripotent stem cells

Indexed keywords

RETINOIC ACID; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; SMALL UNTRANSLATED RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; GAMETE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC REGULATION; GERM CELL; GERM CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GONAD; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; IN VITRO STUDY; MEIOSIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SCIENTIST; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; MALE; OVUM; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84872411498     PISSN: 15268004     EISSN: 15264564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1331793     Document Type: Article

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