Apoptosis in mouse embryos: Elevated levels in pregastrulae and in the distal anterior region of gastrulae of normal and mutant mice

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 213, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 293-308

  Manova, Katia ^a,b,c   Tomihara Newberger, Carol ^b,c   Wang, Shasha ^d   Godelman, Alla ^a   Kalantry, Sundeep ^a   Witty Blease, Karen ^b,c   De Leon, Victor ^b,c,e   Chen, William S ^d,f   Lacy, Elizabeth ^b,c   Bachvarova, Rosemary F ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c Weill Cornell Medical Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^e HOSTOS COMMUNITY COLLEGE   (United States)

^f ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Embryo; Gastrulation; Mouse; Mutants

Indexed keywords

GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; EMBRYO; ENDODERM; GASTRULATION; GENE MUTATION; MOUSE; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIMITIVE STREAK; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL DIVISION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 4; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED ICR; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MUTATION; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PREGNANCY; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 7844229411     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0177(199811)213:3<293::AID-AJA6>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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