Self-organization of the human embryo in the absence of maternal tissues

Nature Cell Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 700-708

  Shahbazi, Marta N ^a   Jedrusik, Agnieszka ^a   Vuoristo, Sanna ^a   Recher, Gaelle ^a,e   Hupalowska, Anna ^a   Bolton, Virginia ^b   Fogarty, Norah M E ^c   Campbell, Alison ^d   Devito, Liani G ^b   Ilic, Dusko ^b   Khalaf, Yakoub ^b   Niakan, Kathy K ^c   Fishel, Simon ^d   Zernicka Goetz, Magdalena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c THE FRANCIS CRICK INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d CARE Fertility Group   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL POLARITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EMBRYO; IN VITRO STUDY; MORPHOGENESIS; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPHOBLAST; YOLK SAC; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; NIDATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; MORPHOGENESIS; TROPHOBLASTS; YOLK SAC;

EID: 84965074868     PISSN: 14657392     EISSN: 14764679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncb3347     Document Type: Article

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