Transcriptional activity and nucleolar ultrastructure of embryonic rabbit nuclei after transplantation to enucleated oocytes

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 135-144

  Kanka J ^a   Hozak P ^b   Heyman, Y ^c   Chesne P ^c   Degrolard, J ^c   Renard, J P ^c   Flechon J E ^c  

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

^b INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^c Biol Cell et Moléculaire   (France)

Author keywords

Autoradiography; Nuclear transfer; Nucleolus; Reprogrammation; RNA synthesis

Indexed keywords

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL FUSION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; MORULA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOLUS; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BLASTOMERES; CELL NUCLEUS; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; OOCYTES; PREGNANCY; RABBITS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0030045414     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2795(199602)43:2<135::aid-mrd1>3.0.co;2-s     Document Type: Article

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