Expression of transcription regulating genes in human preimplantation embryos

Human Reproduction

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 1995, Pages 2787-2792

  Abdel rahman, Burae ^a   Fiddler, Morris ^b   Rappolee, Daniel ^a,b   Pergament, Eugene ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

OCT4; OCT6; POU domain; Reverse transcriptase

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0028858610     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a135792     Document Type: Article

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