Mash2 is expressed in oogenesis and preimplantation development but is not required for blastocyst formation

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 183-191

  Rossant, Janet ^a,b   Guillemot, Francois ^c   Tanaka, Mika ^a   Latham, Keith ^d   Gertenstein, Marina ^a   Nagy, Andras ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^d TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Imprinting; Mash2; Mouse; Targeted mutation; Trophoblast

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CHORIOALLANTOIS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOMETRIUM; GENE TARGETING; GENOME IMPRINTING; IMPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPHOBLAST;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; OOGENESIS; PREGNANCY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 17944402388     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(98)00051-3     Document Type: Article

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