Conditional Aurora A deficiency differentially affects early mouse embryo patterning

Developmental Biology

Volumn 371, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 77-85

  Yoon, Yeonsoo ^a   Cowley, Dale O ^b,c   Gallant, Judith ^a   Jones, Stephen N ^a   Van Dyke, Terry ^b,d   Rivera Pérez, Jaime A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Trans Viragen Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Aurora A; Embryo; Epiblast; Gastrulation; Mouse; Patterning; Visceral endoderm

Indexed keywords

AURORA A KINASE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO AXIS; EMBRYO GROWTH; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EMBRYO RESORPTION; EMBRYONAL TISSUE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENDODERM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INACTIVATION; FEMALE; GASTRULATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

MUS;

EID: 84866519346     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2012.08.010     Document Type: Article

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