A mesodermal factor, T, specifies mouse germ cell fate by directly activating germline determinants

Developmental Cell

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 516-529

  Aramaki, Shinya ^a,b   Hayashi, Katsuhiko ^a,b,c   Kurimoto, Kazuki ^a,b   Ohta, Hiroshi ^a,b   Yabuta, Yukihiro ^a,b   Iwanari, Hiroko ^d   Mochizuki, Yasuhiro ^d   Hamakubo, Takao ^d   Kato, Yuki ^e   Shirahige, Katsuhiko ^e   Saitou, Mitinori ^a,b,c,f  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^f KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE INDUCED MATURATION PROTEIN 1; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; PRDM14 PROTEIN; PROTEIN; SMAD1 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 7; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR T; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT3 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL FATE; CELL POPULATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTODERM; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; LIGAND BINDING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION;

EID: 84892175815     PISSN: 15345807     EISSN: 18781551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2013.11.001     Document Type: Article

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