Quantification of hexokinase mRNA in mouse blastocysts by competitive reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 359-365

  Johnson, M D ^a,b   Batey, D W ^a   Behr, B ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryonic gene expression ; Embryonic metabolism ; Glucose phosphate isomerase ; Hexokinase ; Preimplantation embryo

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEXOKINASE; MESSENGER RNA; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; C3H MOUSE; C57BL MOUSE; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GLYCOLYSIS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLASTOCYST; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLUCOSE; GLYCOLYSIS; HEXOKINASE; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0031111312     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/3.4.359     Document Type: Article

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