Nodal cis-regulatory elements reveal epiblast and primitive endoderm heterogeneity in the peri-implantation mouse embryo

Developmental Biology

Volumn 349, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 350-362

  Granier, Céline ^a,c   Gurchenkov, Vasily ^a,d   Perea Gomez, Aitana ^a   Camus, Anne ^a   Ott, Sascha ^b,e   Papanayotou, Costis ^a   Iranzo, Julian ^a   Moreau, Anne ^a   Reid, John ^b,f   Koentges, Georgy ^b,e   Sabéran Djoneidi, Délara ^a   Collignon, Jérôme ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CHILD HEALTH INSTITUTE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epiblast; Heterogeneity; Mouse blastocyst; Nanog; Nodal; Primitive endoderm

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; BETA CATENIN; CIS ACTING ELEMENT; PROTEIN NODAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXH1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; BLASTULA; CELL FATE; CELL LINEAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEUTEROSTOMIA; DOWN REGULATION; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO AXIS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO POLARITY; ENDODERM; FETUS CELL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; INNER CELL MASS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOUSE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REPORTER GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENE; UPREGULATION;

DEUTEROSTOMIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 78650814119     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2010.10.036     Document Type: Article

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