GASZ promotes germ cell derivation from embryonic stem cells

Stem Cell Research

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 845-860

  Wang, Qian ^a   Liu, Xiqiang ^a   Tang, Nannan ^a   Archambeault, Denise R ^b   Li, Jin ^a   Song, Huili ^a   Tang, Chao ^a   He, Bei ^a   Matzuk, Martin M ^b   Wang, Yuan ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; GASZ PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GAMETE; GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SPERMATOCYTE; UPREGULATION;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; FEMALE; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, NUDE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC;

EID: 84880264882     PISSN: 18735061     EISSN: 18767753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scr.2013.05.012     Document Type: Article

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