Proximal visceral endoderm and extraembryonic ectoderm regulate the formation of primordial germ cell precursors

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The extraembryonic tissues, visceral endoderm (VE) and extraembryonic ectoderm (ExE) are known to be important for the induction of primordial germ cells (PGCs) in mice via activation of the bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) signallin...

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Main Authors: Hayashi Katsuhiko, de Sousa Lopes Susana, Surani M Azim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2007-12-01
Series:BMC Developmental Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-213X/7/140