Transcription factor kinetics and the emerging asymmetry in the early mammalian embryo

Cell Cycle

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2055-2058

  Pantazis, Periklis ^a   Bollenbach, Tobias ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AUSTRIA   (Austria)

Author keywords

In vivo imaging; Lineage patterning; Physical modeling; Pluripotency

Indexed keywords

OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL EMBRYO; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL FATE; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL LINEAGE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84861861139     PISSN: 15384101     EISSN: 15514005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cc.20118     Document Type: Review

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