Placenta
Volume 30, Issue 5 , Pages 448-456 , May 2009

Developmental Ability of Trophoblast Stem Cells in Uniparental Mouse Embryos

  • H. Ogawa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Bioscience, Tokyo University of Agriculture, 1-1-1 Sakuragaoka, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 156-8502, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 3 5477 2754; fax: +81 3 5477 2668.
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  • N. Shindo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Bioscience, Tokyo University of Agriculture, 1-1-1 Sakuragaoka, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 156-8502, Japan
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  • T. Kumagai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Bioscience, Tokyo University of Agriculture, 1-1-1 Sakuragaoka, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 156-8502, Japan
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  • Y. Usami

      Affiliations

    • Department of Bioscience, Tokyo University of Agriculture, 1-1-1 Sakuragaoka, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 156-8502, Japan
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  • M. Shikanai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Bioscience, Tokyo University of Agriculture, 1-1-1 Sakuragaoka, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 156-8502, Japan
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  • K. Jonwn

      Affiliations

    • Department of Bioscience, Tokyo University of Agriculture, 1-1-1 Sakuragaoka, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 156-8502, Japan
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  • A. Fukuda

      Affiliations

    • Department of Bioscience, Tokyo University of Agriculture, 1-1-1 Sakuragaoka, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 156-8502, Japan
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  • M. Kawahara

      Affiliations

    • Department of Bioscience, Tokyo University of Agriculture, 1-1-1 Sakuragaoka, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 156-8502, Japan
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  • Y. Sotomaru

      Affiliations

    • Natural Science Center for Basic Research and Development, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan
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  • S. Tanaka

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Cellular Biochemistry, Department of Animal Resource Sciences/Veterinary Medical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
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  • T. Arima

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8574, Japan
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  • T. Kono

      Affiliations

    • Department of Bioscience, Tokyo University of Agriculture, 1-1-1 Sakuragaoka, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 156-8502, Japan

,Accepted 19 February 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2009.02.006

Placenta
Volume 30, Issue 5 , Pages 448-456 , May 2009

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