Migratory and adhesive properties of Xenopus laevis primordial germ cells in vitro

Biology Open

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1279-1287

  Dzementsei, Aliaksandr ^a   Schneider, David ^a   Janshoff, Andreas ^a   Pieler, Tomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell adhesion; Cell migration; Cellular dynamics; Primordial germ cells; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979500065     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20466390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/bio.20135140     Document Type: Article

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