Blastomeres of the mouse embryo lose totipotency after the fifth cleavage division: Expression of Cdx2 and Oct4 and developmental potential of inner and outer blastomeres of 16- and 32-cell embryos

Developmental Biology

Volumn 322, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 133-144

  Suwińska, Aneta ^a   Czołowska, Renata ^a   Ozdzeński, Wacław ^a   Tarkowski, Andrzej K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

16 cell morula; Blastocyst; Cdx2; Cell fate reprogramming; Cell sorting; Developmental potential; Inside outside; Mouse; Oct4; Outer and inner blastomeres

Indexed keywords

OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CDX2;

ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CELL CULTURE; CELL SELECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TOTIPOTENT STEM CELL; UPREGULATION;

MUS;

EID: 52049087791     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2008.07.019     Document Type: Article

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