Early mouse embryo development: Could epigenetics influence cell fate determination?

BioEssays

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 520-524

  Henckel, Amandine ^a   Tóth, Szabolcs ^a   Arnaud, Philippe ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE DERIVATIVE; COACTIVATOR ASSOCIATED ARGININE METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONE ARGININE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CELL FATE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL POPULATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIGENETICS; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PROGENY;

PADILLA;

EID: 34250218126     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.20591     Document Type: Article

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