Asynchronous fate decisions by single cells collectively ensure consistent lineage composition in the mouse blastocyst

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Saiz, Néstor ^a   Williams, Kiah M ^a   Seshan, Venkatraman E ^a   Hadjantonakis, Anna Katerina ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 4; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE;

CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; COORDINATE; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; RODENT; SELF ORGANIZATION;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL COMPOSITION; CELL FATE; CELL LINEAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; ENDODERM; FEMALE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INNER CELL MASS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GERM LAYER; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GERM LAYERS; MICE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84996598424     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms13463     Document Type: Article

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