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Tead4 is required for specification of trophectoderm in pre-implantation mouse embryos.
Mechanisms of development - 1 Jan 2000
Nishioka Noriyuki, Yamamoto Shinji, Kiyonari Hiroshi, Sato Hiroko, Sawada Atsushi, Ota Mitsunori, Nakao Kazuki, Sasaki Hiroshi
Abstract excerpt
During pre-implantation mouse development, embryos form blastocysts with establishment of the first two cell lineages: the trophectoderm (TE) which gives rise to the placenta, and the inner cell mass (ICM) which will form the embryo proper. Differentiation of TE is regulated by the transcription factor Caudal-related homeobox 2 (Cdx2), but the mechanisms which act upstream of Cdx2 expression remain unknown. Here...
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