The allocation of epiblast cells to ectodermal and germ-line lineages is influenced by the position of the cells in the gastrulating mouse embryo

Developmental Biology

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 124-132

  Tam, Patrick P L ^a   Zhou, Sheila X ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULATION; MESODERM; MOUSE; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030601343     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1996.0203     Document Type: Article

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