Wnt/ß-catenin signalling and the dynamics of fate decisions in early mouse embryos and embryonic stem (ES) cells

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 47-48, Issue , 2015, Pages 101-109

  Muñoz Descalzo, Silvia ^a   Hadjantonakis, Anna Katerina ^b   Arias, Alfonso Martinez ^c  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Embryogenesis; Mouse; Signalling; Stem cells; Wnt signalling

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; BLASTOMA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE; MOUSE; MOUSE EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIMORDIUM; REVIEW; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MAMMALIAN EMBRYO; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

EID: 84952638414     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: 10963634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2015.08.011     Document Type: Review

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