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Derivation in culture of primordial germ cells from cells of the mouse epiblast: phenotypic induction and growth control by Bmp4 signalling.
Mechanisms of development - 1 Mar 2002
Pesce Maurizio, Klinger Francesca Gioia, De Felici Massimo
Abstract excerpt
Primordial germ cells (PGCs) are the embryonic precursors of the gametes of the adult. PGCs derive from cells of the most proximal part of the cup-shaped epiblast corresponding to the presumptive region of the extraembryonic mesoderm. At 7.2 days post coitum (dpc) a small group of PGCs located at the base of the allantois can be recognised due to a strong alkaline phosphatase activity. Thus far, scant information...
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