Primordial germ cell: A novel tool for fish bioengineering

Fish Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 453-457

  Yoshizaki, Goro ^a,b   Takeuchi, Y ^a   Kobayashi, T ^a   Takeuchi, T ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Flow cytometry; GFP; Primordial germ cell; Transgenic; Vasa

Indexed keywords

CELL DNA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; RNA HELICASE; TRYPSIN;

ALLOGRAFT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL LABELING; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SELECTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DISSOCIATION; DNA MODIFICATION; DONOR; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FISH; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GAMETE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENITAL SYSTEM; HATCHING; HETEROZYGOTE; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PROGENY; PURIFICATION; RAINBOW TROUT; RECIPIENT; SPERM; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 8844243162     PISSN: 09201742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:FISH.0000030628.91607.2d     Document Type: Article

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