A novel piggybac transposon inducible expression system identifies a role for Akt signalling in primordial germ cell migration

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Glover, James D ^a   Taylor, Lorna ^a   Sherman, Adrian ^a   Zeiger Poli, Caroline ^a   Sang, Helen M ^a   McGrew, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN KINASE B; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CHICK EMBRYO; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE PRODUCT; GONAD; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PIGGYBAC TRANSPOSON SYSTEM; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; REPORTER GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSPOSON;

ADULT STEM CELLS; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CELL MOVEMENT; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKENS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; FIBROBLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GERM CELLS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; SEMEN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 84892388694     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077222     Document Type: Article

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