Trophoblast stem cells

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 412-421

  Roberts, R Michael ^a,b   Fisher, Susan J ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b University of Missouri   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ectoplacental cone; Embryonic stem cells; Epiblast; Extraembryonic endoderm; Lineage; Placenta; Polar trophectoderm; Trophoblast

Indexed keywords

BRG1 PROTEIN; CELL PROTEIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; PROTEIN EOMES; PROTEIN TCFAP2C; PROTEIN TEAD4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CDX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ELF5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ETS 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL RENEWAL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE REPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; STEM CELL; TROPHOBLAST;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HUMANS; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STEM CELL NICHE; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TROPHOBLASTS;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; MACACA MULATTA; MUS;

EID: 79952145138     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.110.088724     Document Type: Short Survey

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