Erythroid development in the mammalian embryo

Blood Cells, Molecules, and Diseases

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 213-219

  Baron, Margaret H ^a   Vacaru, Andrei ^a   Nieves, Johnathan ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Erythroid differentiation; Fetal liver; Mammalian embryo; Primitive erythropoiesis; Transgenic mice; Yolk sac

Indexed keywords

BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; BRG1 PROTEIN; E1A ASSOCIATED P300 PROTEIN; ERYTHROID KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR; LIM KINASE 1; LIM PROTEIN; MYC PROTEIN; PROTEIN C MYB; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOG 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; BURST FORMING UNIT E; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL STRUCTURE; COLONY FORMING UNIT E; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EKLF GENE; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROID CELL; ERYTHROID PRECURSOR CELL; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FETUS CELL; FETUS LIVER; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEMATOPOIESIS; KLF1 GENE; KLF2 GENE; KLF6 GENE; LDB1 GENE; LMO2 GENE; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; OXIDATION; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PLESIOMORPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCL GENE; TAL GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; YOLK SAC;

MAMMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS; VERTEBRATA;

AGM; AORTA-GONAD-MESONEPHROS; BFU-E; BIPOTENTIAL MEGAKARYOCYTE/ERYTHROID PROGENITOR; BURST-FORMING UNIT ERYTHROID; CFU-E; COLONY-FORMING CELLS ERYTHROID; DEFINITIVE, ENUCLEATED ERYTHROCYTES; E#; E-TMOD; EMBRYONIC DAY POST-FERTILIZATION; EMBRYONIC STEM; EMP; ERYD; ERYP; ERYTHROID DIFFERENTIATION; ERYTHROID-MYELOID PROGENITOR; ERYTHROID-TROPOMODULIN; ES; ESRE; EXTENSIVELY SELF-RENEWING ERYTHROID; FETAL LIVER; GFP; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HIGH PROLIFERATING PROGENITORS-COLONY FORMING CELL; HPP-CFC; MAMMALIAN EMBRYO; MEP; PRIMITIVE (NUCLEATED) ERYTHROCYTES; PRIMITIVE ERYTHROPOIESIS; TRANSGENIC MICE; YOLK SAC;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; ERYTHROID CELLS; ERYTHROPOIESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; LIVER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; YOLK SAC;

EID: 84886250047     PISSN: 10799796     EISSN: 10960961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcmd.2013.07.006     Document Type: Article

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