First cell fate decisions and spatial patterning in the early mouse embryo

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 563-572

  Zernicka Goetz, Magdalena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Cleavage pattern; Embryonic patterning; Mouse embryo; Regulative development

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE;

ANIMAL EMBRYO; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; BLASTOCYST; BLASTOCYTE; BLASTOMERE; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL FATE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMATIN; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO AXIS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO POLARITY; ENDODERM; FERTILIZATION; GASTRULATION; INNER CELL MASS; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PROGENY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION; ZYGOTE;

EID: 3242663199     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2004.04.004     Document Type: Article

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