Placenta
Volume 31, Issue 11 , Pages 944-950 , November 2010

Regulation of early trophoblast differentiation – Lessons from the mouse

  • C.E. Senner

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory for Developmental Genetics & Imprinting, The Babraham Institute, Babraham Research Campus, Cambridge CB22 3AT, UK
    • Centre for Trophoblast Research, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EG, UK
    • ,
  • M. Hemberger

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory for Developmental Genetics & Imprinting, The Babraham Institute, Babraham Research Campus, Cambridge CB22 3AT, UK
    • Centre for Trophoblast Research, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EG, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Laboratory for Developmental Genetics & Imprinting, The Babraham Institute, Babraham Research Campus, Cambridge CB22 3AT, UK. Tel.: +44 1223 496 534; fax: +44 1223 496 022.

,Accepted 26 July 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2010.07.013

Placenta
Volume 31, Issue 11 , Pages 944-950 , November 2010

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