Transcription and translation in bovine nuclear transfer embryos

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 204-213

  Lavoir, M C ^a,c   Kelk, D ^a,d   Rumph, N ^a   Barnes, F ^b   Betteridge, K J ^a   King, W A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b Pacific Fertility Medical Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d IVF Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CATTLE; ELECTROPHORESIS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSLATION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL NUCLEOLUS; CELL NUCLEUS; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; NUCLEAR TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA, HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEAR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 0030957766     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod57.1.204     Document Type: Article

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