Ets2 is required for trophoblast stem cell self-renewal

Developmental Biology

Volumn 312, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 284-299

  Wen, Fang ^a,b   Tynan, John A ^a   Cecena, Grace ^b   Williams, Roy ^b   Múnera, Jorge ^a   Mavrothalassitis, George ^c   Oshima, Robert G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cdx2; Colony formation; Conditional allele; Cre; Differentiation; Ets2; Gene expression; Selective growth disadvantage; Self renewal; Trophoblast stem cells

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO MEMBRANE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; TARGET CELL; TROPHOBLAST;

EID: 36549035392     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2007.09.024     Document Type: Article

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