Perceiving signals, building networks, reprogramming germ cell fate

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 2-4, 2013, Pages 123-132

  Barrios, Florencia ^a   Irie, Naoko ^a   Surani, M Azim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell fate; Male germ cell tumor; Primordial germ cell; Reprogramming; Signalling

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL FATE; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; ECTODERM; FETUS CELL; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; GERM CELL; GERM CELL TUMOR; GONAD; GONOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84880074277     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.130132fb     Document Type: Article

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