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- Title
Making a commitment: cell lineage allocation and axis patterning in the early mouse embryo.
- Authors
Arnold, Sebastian J; Robertson, Elizabeth J
- Abstract
Genetic studies have identified the key signalling pathways and developmentally regulated transcription factors that govern cell lineage allocation and axis patterning in the early mammalian embryo. Recent advances have uncovered details of the molecular circuits that tightly control cell growth and differentiation in the mammalian embryo from the blastocyst stage, through the establishment of initial anterior-posterior polarity, to gastrulation, when the germ cells are set aside and the three primary germ layers are specified. Relevant studies in lower vertebrates indicate the conservation and divergence of regulatory mechanisms for cell lineage allocation and axis patterning.
- Publication
Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology, 2009, Vol 10, Issue 2, p91
- ISSN
1471-0080
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1038/nrm2618