Does mouse embryo primordial germ cell activation start before implantation as suggested by single-cell transcriptomics dynamics?

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 208-225

  Gerovska, Daniela ^a   Araúzo Bravo, Marcos J ^a,b  

^a BIODONOSTIA HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Spain)

^b BASQUE FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cell fate specification; DNA methylation regulation; Dynamics; Embryonic epiblast; Preimplantation; Primitive endoderm; Primordial germ cells; Single cell; Transcriptomics

Indexed keywords

CELL MARKER; DNA; DNA (CYTOSINE 5) METHYLTRANSFERASE 3 LIKE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN AAED1; PROTEIN AKAP13; PROTEIN B4GALT6; PROTEIN CKAP4; PROTEIN CPNE8; PROTEIN DCAF12L1; PROTEIN DPPA3; PROTEIN DUSP4; PROTEIN FKBP6; PROTEIN FRAGILIS; PROTEIN IFITM2; PROTEIN LGALSL; PROTEIN MAL; PROTEIN MCF2; PROTEIN MORC1; PROTEIN PRDM4; PROTEIN RNPC3; PROTEIN STELLA; PROTEIN TFPI; PROTEIN UBXN2A; PROTEIN ZP3; SERUM AND GLUCOCORTICOID REGULATED KINASE 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 2 GAMMA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DNA (CYTOSINE 5) METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNMT3L PROTEIN, MOUSE; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL POLARITY; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DEVELOPMENT; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO; EPIGENETICS; GENE ONTOLOGY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOUSE; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA SEQUENCE; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; ANIMAL; BLASTOCYST; CELL LINEAGE; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; ENDODERM; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GERM CELL; GERM LAYER; MAMMALIAN EMBRYO; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BIOMARKERS; BLASTOCYST; CELL LINEAGE; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; ENDODERM; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GERM CELLS; GERM LAYERS; MICE; SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP-2; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84959871382     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gav072     Document Type: Article

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