Mouse Primordial Germ Cells: A Reappraisal

International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology

Volumn 309, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-57

  Mikedis, Maria M ^a   Downs, Karen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE HYPOTHESIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FETUS MEMBRANE; GONAD; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; UMBILICAL CORD;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALLANTOIC CORE DOMAIN; ALLANTOIS; EMBRYONIC-EXTRAEMBRYONIC INTERFACE; PRDM1; PRIMITIVE STREAK; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELLS; STELLA;

ALLANTOIS; ANIMALS; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; GERM CELLS; MAMMALS; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84893845515     PISSN: 19376448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-800255-1.00001-6     Document Type: Chapter

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