Cell signaling and transcription factors regulating cell fate during formation of the mouse blastocyst

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 402-410

  Frum, Tristan ^a   Ralston, Amy ^a  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergent properties; Gene networks; Pluripotency; Preimplantation; Reproduction; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

BLASTOCYST; CELL FATE; CELLS BY BODY ANATOMY; ECTODERM; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; INNER CELL MASS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ZONA PELLUCIDA; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HUMANS; MICE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84937518778     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: 13624555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2015.04.002     Document Type: Review

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