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Germ Cells
Known as:
Gamete
, Cells, Germ-Line
, Haploid nucleated cell
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Gametes, also known as sex cells or germ cells, are the cells that come together during fertilization or conception in organisms that reproduce…
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Adult Germ Cell Tumor
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Structure of primordial sex cell
Structure of zygote
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Meiotic catastrophe and retrotransposon reactivation in male germ cells lacking Dnmt3L
D. Bourc’his
,
T. Bestor
Nature
2004
Corpus ID: 4422237
Mammalian genomes employ heritable cytosine methylation in the long-term silencing of retrotransposons and genes subject to…
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Review
2000
Review
2000
Biofilm formation as microbial development.
G. O’Toole
,
H. Kaplan
,
R. Kolter
Annual review of microbiology
2000
Corpus ID: 21009944
Biofilms can be defined as communities of microorganisms attached to a surface. It is clear that microorganisms undergo profound…
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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Bmp4 is required for the generation of primordial germ cells in the mouse embryo.
K. Lawson
,
N. R. Dunn
,
+5 authors
B. Hogan
Genes & development
1999
Corpus ID: 33670288
In many organisms the allocation of primordial germ cells (PGCs) is determined by the inheritance of maternal factors deposited…
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Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Formation of Pluripotent Stem Cells in the Mammalian Embryo Depends on the POU Transcription Factor Oct4
J. Nichols
,
B. Zevnik
,
+5 authors
Austin G Smith
Cell
1998
Corpus ID: 12892299
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Flagellar and twitching motility are necessary for Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm development
G. O’Toole
,
R. Kolter
Molecular microbiology
1998
Corpus ID: 25140899
The formation of complex bacterial communities known as biofilms begins with the interaction of planktonic cells with a surface…
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Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
International germ cell consensus classification: A prognostic factor-erased staging system for metastatic germ cell cancers
G. Mead
,
S. Stenning
,
+23 authors
C. Coppin
1997
Corpus ID: 78405829
Purpose: Cisplatin-containing chemotherapy has dramatically improved the outlook for patients with metastatic germ cell tumors…
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Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Bax-Deficient Mice with Lymphoid Hyperplasia and Male Germ Cell Death
C. Knudson
,
K. Tung
,
W. Tourtellotte
,
Gary A. J. Brown
,
S. Korsmeyer
Science
1995
Corpus ID: 39774967
BAX, a heterodimeric partner of BCL2, counters BCL2 and promotes apoptosis in gain-of-function experiments. A Bax knockout mouse…
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Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Long-term proliferation of mouse primordial germ cells in culture
J. Resnick
,
Lynn S. Bixler
,
Linzhao Cheng
,
P. Donovan
Nature
1992
Corpus ID: 4315359
PRIMORDIAL germ cells (PGCs) are first identifiable as a population of about eight alkaline phosphatase-positive cells in the 7.0…
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Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
A POU-domain transcription factor in early stem cells and germ cells of the mammalian embryo
M. Rosner
,
M. Vigano
,
+4 authors
L. Staudt
Nature
1990
Corpus ID: 4257161
The murine oct-3 gene encodes a transcription factor containing a POU-specific domain and a homeodomain. In marked contrast to…
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Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Formation of germ-line chimaeras from embryo-derived teratocarcinoma cell lines
A. Bradley
,
M. Evans
,
M. Kaufman
,
E. Robertson
Nature
1984
Corpus ID: 4335599
The recent availability in culture of embryo-derived pluripotential cells which exhibit both a normal karyotype and a high…
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