Regulatory mechanisms of mouse preimplantation development

Evsikov, A. V.

doi:10.7124/bc.00046E

Biopolym. Cell. 1997; 13(2):93-99.

http://dx.doi.org/10.7124/bc.00046E

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Regulatory mechanisms of mouse preimplantation development

1Evsikov A. V.

Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, NAS of Ukraine
150, Akademika Zabolotnoho Str., Kyiv, Ukraine, 03680

Abstract

Our review focuses on modern problems of developmental regulation in preimplantation mouse embryo. The roles of four involved mechanisms, nucleo-cytoplasmic interactions, «cytoplasmic» regulation, cell-cell interactions and genomic imprinting, are discussed.

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