A gene network establishing polarity in the early mouse embryo

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 555-561

  Ang, Siew Lan ^a   Constam, Daniel B ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b SWISS INST FOR EXP CANCER RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cell movements; Embryonic patterning; Extraembryonic tissues; Mouse embryo; Nodal; Signaling

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN NODAL; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL EMBRYO; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MOTION; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EMBRYO POLARITY; EMBRYONAL TISSUE; GENE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; TISSUE INTERACTION; UTERUS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 3242683132     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2004.04.009     Document Type: Article

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