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Germ Cells

Known as: Gamete, Cells, Germ-Line, Haploid nucleated cell 
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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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Meiotic catastrophe and retrotransposon reactivation in male germ cells lacking Dnmt3L
Mammalian genomes employ heritable cytosine methylation in the long-term silencing of retrotransposons and genes subject to… 
Review
2000
Review
2000
Biofilm formation as microbial development.
Biofilms can be defined as communities of microorganisms attached to a surface. It is clear that microorganisms undergo profound… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Bmp4 is required for the generation of primordial germ cells in the mouse embryo.
In many organisms the allocation of primordial germ cells (PGCs) is determined by the inheritance of maternal factors deposited… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Formation of Pluripotent Stem Cells in the Mammalian Embryo Depends on the POU Transcription Factor Oct4
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Flagellar and twitching motility are necessary for Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm development
The formation of complex bacterial communities known as biofilms begins with the interaction of planktonic cells with a surface… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
International germ cell consensus classification: A prognostic factor-erased staging system for metastatic germ cell cancers
Purpose: Cisplatin-containing chemotherapy has dramatically improved the outlook for patients with metastatic germ cell tumors… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Bax-Deficient Mice with Lymphoid Hyperplasia and Male Germ Cell Death
BAX, a heterodimeric partner of BCL2, counters BCL2 and promotes apoptosis in gain-of-function experiments. A Bax knockout mouse… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Long-term proliferation of mouse primordial germ cells in culture
PRIMORDIAL germ cells (PGCs) are first identifiable as a population of about eight alkaline phosphatase-positive cells in the 7.0… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
A POU-domain transcription factor in early stem cells and germ cells of the mammalian embryo
The murine oct-3 gene encodes a transcription factor containing a POU-specific domain and a homeodomain. In marked contrast to… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Formation of germ-line chimaeras from embryo-derived teratocarcinoma cell lines
The recent availability in culture of embryo-derived pluripotential cells which exhibit both a normal karyotype and a high… 
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