Individual blastomeres of 16- and 32-cell mouse embryos are able to develop into foetuses and mice

Developmental Biology

Volumn 348, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 190-198

  Tarkowski, Andrzej K ^a   Suwińska, Aneta ^a   Czolowska, Renata ^a   Ozdzezski, Waczaw ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

16 cell morula; Blastocyst; Cell fate reprogramming; Developmental potential; Mouse; Single blastomere

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CDX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 4;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; BLASTOMERE; CELL LINEAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DIPLOIDY; DOWN REGULATION; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDODERM; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; MOUSE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; TETRAPLOIDY; TWIN PREGNANCY; UPREGULATION;

MUS;

EID: 78349307899     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2010.09.022     Document Type: Article

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