Mouse ES cell culture system as a model of development

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 275-283

  Niwa, Hitoshi ^a  

^a RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research   (Japan)

Author keywords

Embryonic stem cells; Epiblasts; Primitive ectoderm; Primitive endoderm; Trophectoderm

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 5; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CDX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2;

CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ECTODERM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO MEMBRANE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENDODERM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; INNER CELL MASS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; TROPHOBLAST;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ECTODERM; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; ENDODERM; GENE TARGETING; GERM LAYERS; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 77950243286     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: 1440169X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-169X.2009.01166.x     Document Type: Review

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