Fine structural cytochemical and immunocytochemical analysis of nucleic acids and ribonucleoprotein distribution in nuclei of pig oocytes and early preimplantation embryos

Chromosoma

Volumn 104, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 561-574

  Kopecny, V ^a,b   Biggiogera, M ^a,c   Laurincik, J ^d   Pivko, J ^d   Grafenau, P ^d   Martin, T E ^e   Fu, X D ^f   Fakan, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^d RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PRODUCTION   (Slovakia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CAPPED RNA; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; NUCLEIC ACID; OSMIUM DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHOTUNGSTIC ACID; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; RNA; SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BLASTOMERE; CELL GRANULE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; DNA SYNTHESIS; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HYDROLYSIS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOLUS; OOCYTE; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; SPLICEOSOME; SWINE;

EID: 0029894917     PISSN: 00095915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00352296     Document Type: Article

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