Formation of cytoskeletal elements during mouse embryogenesis: II. Epithelial differentiation and intermediate-sized filaments in early postimplantation embryos

BW JACKSON, C GRUND, S WINTER, WW FRANKE… - Differentiation, 1981 - Elsevier
Following our study on the expression of cytokeratin filaments in preimplantation mouse
embryos [30], we have examined the organization of cytoskeletal elements in early
postimplantation embryos up to day 8 of gestation, employing electron microscopy,
immunofluorescence microscopy and two-dimensional gel electrophoresis of cytoskeletal
proteins labelled by incorporation of 35S-methionine. The characteristic epithelia formed by
the embryonic ectoderm and proximal (visceral) endoderm present well-developed …