Delay of polarization event increases the number of Cdx2-positive blastomeres in mouse embryo

Developmental Biology

Volumn 368, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 54-62

  Kondratiuk, Ilona ^a   Bazydlo, Katarzyna ^a   Maleszewski, Marek ^a   Szczepanska, Katarzyna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Cdx2; Embryo; ICM; Mouse; Polarization; TE

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CDX2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL POLARITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE EMBRYO; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 84862775530     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2012.05.013     Document Type: Article

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