Map2k1 and Map2k2 genes contribute to the normal development of syncytiotrophoblasts during placentation

Development

Volumn 136, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1363-1374

  Nadeau, Valérie ^a   Guillemette, Stéphanie ^a   Bélanger, Louis François ^a   Jacob, Olivier ^a   Roy, Sophie ^a   Charron, Jean ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conditional deletion; ERK MAPK cascade; Labyrinthn morphogenesis; MAP2K1 kinase; MAP2K2 kinase; Placenta

Indexed keywords

MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE 2; MAP2K1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; MAP2K2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE DELETION; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOSS; GENE MUTATION; GENE NUMBER; GESTATIONAL AGE; GIANT CELL; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SURVIVAL RATE; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; TROPHOBLAST; ALLELE; ANIMAL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; MUTATION; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

MAMMALIA;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MAP KINASE KINASE 1; MAP KINASE KINASE 2; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLACENTA; PLACENTATION; PREGNANCY; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 67650770120     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.031872     Document Type: Article

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