Early cell fate decisions in the mouse embryo

Reproduction

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Saiz, Nestor ^a   Plusa, Berenika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 4; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CDX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; UVOMORULIN;

BLASTOCYST; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL POLARITY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; INNER CELL MASS; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; BLASTOCYST INNER CELL MASS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MICE; MORPHOGENESIS; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84875613813     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-12-0381     Document Type: Review

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