Cdx2 acts downstream of cell polarization to cell-autonomously promote trophectoderm fate in the early mouse embryo

Developmental Biology

Volumn 313, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 614-629

  Ralston, Amy ^a   Rossant, Janet ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

aPKC; EndoA; Krt8; Lineage specification; Morula; Preimplantation; Tbr2; Troma; Trophoblast

Indexed keywords

EOMESODERMIN; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CDX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL FATE; CELL LINEAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; INNER CELL MASS; MORPHOGENESIS; MORULA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TROPHOBLAST;

EID: 38049045708     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2007.10.054     Document Type: Article

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