Determinants of trophoblast lineage and cell subtype specification in the mouse placenta

Developmental Biology

Volumn 284, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 12-24

  Simmons, David G ^a   Cross, James C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mouse placenta; Stem cell maintenance; Subtype specification; Trophoblast lineage

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 4; GLYCOGEN; PROTEIN NODAL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL LOSS; CELL MATURATION; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL TYPE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GIANT CELL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; TROPHOBLAST;

EID: 23244439460     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2005.05.010     Document Type: Review

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