Polarity of the mouse embryo is established at blastocyst and is not prepatterned

Genes and Development

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1081-1092

  Motosugi, Nami ^a   Bauer, Tobias ^a   Polanski, Zbigniew ^a   Solter, Davor ^a   Hiiragi, Takashi ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOBIOLOGY AND EPIGENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blastocoel; Blastocyst; Egg; Embryonic axis; Mouse preimplantation embryo; Polarity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; BLASTOMERE; CELL POLARITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPITHELIUM CELL; INNER CELL MASS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; BODY PATTERNING; CELL LINEAGE; CELL POLARITY; CHIMERA; CLEAVAGE STAGE, OVUM; CROSSES, GENETIC; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; MICE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; VIDEO RECORDING; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

MAMMALIA; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 18244396094     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1304805     Document Type: Article

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