✦ LIBER ✦
Differential concanavalin A-induced agglutination of eight-cell preimplantation mouse embryos before and after compaction
✍ Scribed by Rector, J. T. ;Granholm, N. H.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1978
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 297 KB
- Volume
- 203
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-104X
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
Eight‐cell mouse embryos undergo a morphogenetically significant process termed compaction during which blastomeres flatten against one another maximizing their areas of cell‐cell contact. Data presented here show striking differences (P<0.01) in Con A‐induced agglutination between groups of uncompacted and compacted embryos suggesting that the compaction process is accompanied by changes in blastomere surface properties.