A close look at the mammalian blastocyst: Epiblast and primitive endoderm formation

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 17, 2014, Pages 3327-3338

  Artus, Jérôme ^a   Chazaud, Claire ^a,b,c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Cell differentiation; Cell fate specification; Epiblast; Inner cell mass; Mouse embryo; Primitive endoderm

Indexed keywords

DAB2 PROTEIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 4; MEGALIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX17; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UVOMORULIN;

BLASTOCYST; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL MATURATION; ECTODERM; EMBRYO MEMBRANE; ENDODERM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FGF2 GENE; FGF4 GENE; GATA6 GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INNER CELL MASS; NANOG GENE; NONHUMAN; PDGFRA GENE; PRIMITIVE ENDODERM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TROPHECTODERM;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; BLASTOCYST INNER CELL MASS; BLASTOMERES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MOVEMENT; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; ENDODERM; FETAL PROTEINS; GATA TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MAMMALS; MICE; MORPHOGENESIS; MORULA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84906261808     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 14209071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-014-1630-3     Document Type: Review

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