Primordial germ cell migration in the rat: Preliminary evidence for a role of galactosyltransferase

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1822-1827

  Bandyopadhyay, Soma ^a   Banerjee, Sutapa ^a   Pal, Alok K ^a   Goswami, Sourendra K ^b   Chakravarty, Baidyanath ^b   Kabir, Syed N ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY   (India)

^b Institute of Reproductive Medicine   (India)

Author keywords

Developmental biology; Early development; Embryo; Galactosemia; Galactosyltransferase; Germ cell migration; N acetylglucosamine; Oocyte development; Ovary; Premature ovarian failure

Indexed keywords

ALPHA LACTALBUMIN; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; URIDINE PHOSPHATE;

CATALYSIS; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SURFACE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOLICHOS; DOLICHOS BIFLORUS; EMBRYO; ENZYME ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; LAPAROTOMY; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; UTERUS HORN;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CELL MOVEMENT; DRUG COMBINATIONS; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASES; GERM CELLS; GESTATIONAL AGE; GONADS; LACTALBUMIN; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GALACTOSE; URIDINE MONOPHOSPHATE;

DOLICHOS; DOLICHOS BIFLORUS;

EID: 9744260295     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.104.028555     Document Type: Conference Paper

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