Transcriptional activity in in vitro produced bovine two- and four-cell embryos

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 171-179

  Viuff, D ^a   Avery, B ^a   Greve, T ^a   King, W A ^b   Hyttel, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

3H uridine; Cattle; Embryo; Incorporation; RNA; Transcription

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA SYNTHESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; PREGNANCY; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0030032312     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199602)43:2<171::AID-MRD6>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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