Viable offspring derived from fetal and adult mammalian cells

Nature

Volumn 385, Issue 6619, 1997, Pages 810-813

  Wilmut, I ^a   Schnieke, A E ^b   McWhir, J ^a   Kind, A J ^b   Campbell, K H S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b PPL Therapeutics   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREAST EPITHELIUM; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FIBROBLAST; GENE EXPRESSION; LAMB; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUSION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLS, CULTURED; CLONE CELLS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETUS; FIBROBLASTS; G0 PHASE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; NUCLEAR TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; OOCYTES; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL; SHEEP;

EID: 0031044215     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/385810a0     Document Type: Article

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