title: Stem cells. Human primordial germ cells in a dish.
abstract: A robust method to induce primordial germ cells from human pluripotent stem cells has been developed, highlighting the importance of SOX17 in the specification of the human germline.
authors.forename: Kim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Baumann
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D005854:Germ Cells / Q000166:cytology*; D006801:Humans; D055760:SOXF Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: C109188:SOX17 protein, human; D055760:SOXF Transcription Factors