Preimplantation development of the mammalian embryo and its regulation by growth factors

Developmental Genetics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 91-101

  Stewart, Colin L ^a   Cullinan, Emily B ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c HOFFMANN LA ROCHE INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth factors; Leukemia inhibitory factor; Preimplantation development

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; ESTROGEN; GROWTH FACTOR; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; BLASTOCYST; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030768886     PISSN: 0192253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6408(1997)21:1<91::AID-DVG11>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Review

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