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Review
. 1980 Aug 15;209(4458):768-76.
doi: 10.1126/science.6250214.

Teratocarcinomas and mammalian embryogenesis

Review

Teratocarcinomas and mammalian embryogenesis

G R Martin. Science. .

Abstract

In the last decade there has emerged an appreciation of the remarkable similarity between the cells that give rise to teratocarcinomas in mice and the cells that give rise to the developing mouse embryo. The resemblance is so close that in certain instances the tumor stem cells can join with their embryonic counterparts and develop into a completely normal mouse. The availability of stem cell lines isolated from mouse teratocarcinomas has made possible a number of new biochemical, immunological, and genetic approahes to the study of early mammalian development.

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