Profiling gene expression in growth-arrested mouse embryos in diapause.
Cancer and Developmental Biology Laboratory, National Cancer Institute, Division of Basic Science, National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Frederick, MD 21702, USA.
In many mammalian species, embryonic cell proliferation can be reversibly arrested in an embryonic diapause at the time of embryo implantation. A recent report has identified changes in embryonic gene expression that are associated with, and may halt, embryonic cell proliferation.
PMID: 15642106 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
PMCID: PMC549055