Nuclear transplantation of ectodermal cells in pig oocytes: Ultrastructure and radiography

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 533-539

  Ouhibi, Nadia ^a,d   Fulka Jr , Josef ^b   Kanka, Jiri ^c   Moor, Robert M ^a  

^a BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ectodermal Cell; Nuclear Transplantation; Nucleolus; Oocyte; Pig; RNA

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS TRANSPLANTATION; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; ECTODERM; METAPHASE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEOLUS; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMATIN; ECTODERM; NUCLEAR TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; OOCYTES; RNA; SWINE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0029769325     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199608)44:4<533::AID-MRD13>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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