SNAI1 and SNAI2 are asymmetrically expressed at the 2-cell stage and become segregated to the TE in the mouse blastocyst

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Bell, Christine E ^a,b   Watson, Andrew J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SLUG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNAI1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNAI2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNAIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; BLASTOMERE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GERM LAYER; INNER CELL MASS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TROPHECTODERM;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; BLASTOMERES; ECTODERM; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IMMUNE SERA; MICE; NIH 3T3 CELLS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZYGOTE;

EID: 77949493828     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008530     Document Type: Article

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