Precedence of cell-zona adhesion over cell-cell adhesion during marsupial blastocyst formation prohibits morula formation and ensures that both the pluriblast and trophoblast are superficial

Cells Tissues Organs

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 87-103

  Kress, Annetrudi ^a   Selwood, Lynne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cell zona adhesion; Extracellular matrix; Pluriblast; Sminthopsis macroura; Trophoblast; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLAST CELL; BLASTOCYST; CELL ADHESION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL POPULATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENDOCYTOSIS; EXOCYTOSIS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; GENOME; MALE; MARSUPIAL; MORULA; NONHUMAN; PLURIBLAST; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMINTHOPSIS MACROURA; TROPHOBLAST; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ZONA PELLUCIDA; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; MARSUPIALIA; MORULA; PREGNANCY; TROPHOBLASTS; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

METATHERIA; SMINTHOPSIS; SMINTHOPSIS MACROURA;

EID: 4344589458     PISSN: 14226405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000079184     Document Type: Article

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