Multiple roles for Nodal in the epiblast of the mouse embryo in the establishment of anterior-posterior patterning

Developmental Biology

Volumn 273, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 149-159

  Lu, Cindy C ^a   Robertson, Elizabeth J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior mesendoderm; Anterior posterior; AVE; Cell mixing; Cell sorting; Embryo; Epiblast; Gastrulation; Mouse; Nodal

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN NODAL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CELL SELECTION; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; ENDODERM; GASTRULATION; GENE DELETION; GENE INACTIVATION; MESODERM; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 4043118339     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2004.06.004     Document Type: Article

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