The goal of this protocol is to describe a loss- and gain-of function method that is applicable to identify neogenin as a stage-specific receptor that leads to trophectoderm and inner cell mass differentiation in preimplantation mouse embryos.
Lee, J. H., Cho, Y. I., Choi, S. S., Kim, H., Min, C. K., Lee, S. J. Loss- and Gain-of-function Approach to Investigate Early Cell Fate Determinants in Preimplantation Mouse Embryos. J. Vis. Exp. (112), e53696, doi:10.3791/53696 (2016).