How is the mouse germ-cell lineage established?

被引:68
作者
McLaren, A
Lawson, KA
机构
[1] Wellcome Trust Canc Res UK, Gurdon Inst, Cambridge CB2 1QR, England
[2] Western Gen Hosp, MRC, Human Genet Unit, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, Midlothian, Scotland
基金
英国惠康基金;
关键词
mouse primordial germ cells; gastrulation;
D O I
10.1111/j.1432-0436.2005.00049.x
中图分类号
Q2 [细胞生物学];
学科分类号
071009 ; 090102 ;
摘要
Six cells have been detected in the early mouse embryo that express the transcriptional repressor Blimp1-as also do all the 40 or so cells that constitute the founder germ cell pool a day later. Are these half-dozen cells the ancestors of the entire mouse germ cell lineage?
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页码:435 / 437
页数:3
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