Analysis of human embryos from zygote to blastocyst reveals distinct gene expression patterns relative to the mouse

Developmental Biology

Volumn 375, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 54-64

  Niakan, Kathy K ^a,b   Eggan, Kevin ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epiblast progenitor; Human embryo; Human embryonic stem cell derivation; Lineage specification; Primitive endoderm; Trophectoderm

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; CYTOKERATIN 7; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 1; LAMININ; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CDX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX17;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BLASTOCYST; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL SELECTION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; DAYS POST FERTILIZATION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DEVELOPMENTAL, AGE AND GROWTH PARAMETERS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENDODERM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INNER CELL MASS; MOUSE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TROPHOBLAST; ZYGOTE;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84873524509     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2012.12.008     Document Type: Article

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