Differential concanavalin A-induced agglutination of eight-cell preimplantation mouse embryos before and after compaction.
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 less than 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.
D000371:Agglutination; D000818:Animals; D003208:Concanavalin A / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian / Q000166:cytology* / Q000276:immunology; D047108:Embryonic Development; D005260:Female; D051379:Mice; D011247:Pregnancy; D011270:Pregnancy, Animal
D003208:Concanavalin A