The four blastomeres of a 4-cell stage human embryo are able to develop individually into blastocysts with inner cell mass and trophectoderm

Human Reproduction

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1742-1747

  Van De Velde, Hilde ^a   Cauffman, Greet ^a   Tournaye, Herman ^a   Devroey, Paul ^a   Liebaers, Inge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Blastomere; Inner cell mass; NANOG; Totipotent

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG;

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; BLASTOMERE; CELL ISOLATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO MEMBRANE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INNER CELL MASS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TISSUE CULTURE; TOTIPOTENT STEM CELL; TROPHECTODERM;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 47649088993     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/den190     Document Type: Article

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