Primoridal germ cell specification: A context-dependent cellular differentiation event

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 369, Issue 1657, 2014, Pages

  Günesdogan, Ufuk ^a,b   Magnúsdóttir, Erna ^c   Surani, M Azim ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Developmental competence; Enhancer; Epigenetic reprogramming; Primordial germ cells; Specification

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELL; SIGNALING;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYOLOGY; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; GERM LAYER; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GERM LAYERS; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84908243066     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2013.0543     Document Type: Review

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