From mouse egg to mouse embryo: Polarities, axes, and tissues

Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 25, Issue , 2009, Pages 483-512

  Johnson, Martin H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Cdx2; Ezrin; Inner cell mass; PAR genes; Trophoblast

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; BETA CATENIN; EZRIN; INTEGRIN; LAMININ; PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CDX2; UVOMORULIN;

BLASTOCYST; CELL CYCLE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL LINEAGE; EGG; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GAMETOGENESIS; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TIME; TISSUE; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CELL POLARITY; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OVUM;

EID: 70350228488     PISSN: 10810706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.cellbio.042308.113348     Document Type: Review

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