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Blimp1 is a critical determinant of the germ cell lineage in mice.
Nature - 14 Jul 2005
Ohinata Yasuhide, Payer Bernhard, O'Carroll Dónal, Ancelin Katia, Ono Yukiko, Sano Mitsue, Barton Sheila C, Obukhanych Tetyana, Nussenzweig Michel, Tarakhovsky Alexander, Saitou Mitinori, Surani M Azim
Abstract excerpt
Germ cell fate in mice is induced in pluripotent epiblast cells in response to signals from extraembryonic tissues. The specification of approximately 40 founder primordial germ cells and their segregation from somatic neighbours are important events in early development. We have proposed that a critical event during this specification includes repression of a somatic programme that is adopted by neighbouring...
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