Chapter title |
Introduction
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Chapter number | 1 |
Book title |
Chromatin Regulation of Early Embryonic Lineage Specification
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Published in |
Advances in anatomy embryology and cell biology, January 2018
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DOI | 10.1007/978-3-319-63187-5_1 |
Pubmed ID | |
Book ISBNs |
978-3-31-963186-8, 978-3-31-963187-5
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Authors |
Jason G. Knott, Keith E. Latham, Knott, Jason G., Latham, Keith E. |
Abstract |
In this special volume on "Chromatin regulation of early embryonic lineage specification," five leaders in the field of mammalian preimplantation embryo development provide their own perspectives on key molecular and cellular processes that mediate lineage formation during the first week of life. The first cell-fate decision involves the formation of the pluripotent inner cell mass (ICM) and extraembryonic trophectoderm (TE). The second cell-fate choice encompasses the transformation of ICM into extraembryonic primitive endoderm (PE) and pluripotent epiblast. The processes, which occur during the period of preimplantation development, serve as the foundation for subsequent developmental events such as implantation, placentation, and gastrulation. The mechanisms that regulate them are complex and involve many different factors operating spatially and temporally over several days to modulate embryonic chromatin structure, impose cellular polarity, and direct distinct gene expression programs in the first cell lineages. |
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