A Cdh1HA knock-in allele rescues the Cdh1-/- phenotype but shows essential Cdh1 function during placentation

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 239, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2330-2344

  Stemmler, Marc P ^a   Bedzhov, Ivan ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOBIOLOGY AND EPIGENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell adhesion; Gene replacement; Labyrinth; Mouse embryo; Placenta development

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; EPITOPE; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; UVOMORULIN; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; FZR1 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; HOMOZYGOTE; INNER EAR; MARKER GENE; MOUSE; MUTANT; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PLACENTA DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TETRAPLOIDY; TROPHOBLAST; ALLELE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; C57BL MOUSE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE MUTANT; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION;

MAMMALIA; MUS;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BLASTOCYST; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL PROLIFERATION; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE KNOCK-IN TECHNIQUES; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MORPHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PLACENTA; PLACENTATION; PREGNANCY;

EID: 77956295667     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.22375     Document Type: Article

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