Making the blastocyst: Lessons from the mouse

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 995-1003

  Cockburn, Katie ^a   Rossant, Janet ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

BLASTOCYST; CELL LINEAGE; EMBRYO DEATH; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENDODERM; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; NONHUMAN; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TOTIPOTENT STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL POLARITY; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENDODERM; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; GERM LAYERS; HUMANS; MICE; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 77951171043     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: 15588238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI41229     Document Type: Review

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