Transcription and DNA replication of sperm nuclei introduced into blastomeres of 2-cell mouse embryos

Zygote

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 289-299

  Płusa, Berenika ^a,b   Ciemerych, Maria A ^a   Borsuk, Ewa ^a   Tarkowski, Andrzej K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND ANIMAL BREEDING   (Poland)

Author keywords

Blastomere; Mouse; Replication; Sperm nucleus; Transcription

Indexed keywords

RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLASTOMERE; C57BL MOUSE; CBA MOUSE; CELL CYCLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPLASM; DNA REPLICATION; GENETICS; HYBRID CELL; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; BLASTOMERES; CELL CYCLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CLEAVAGE STAGE, OVUM; CYTOPLASM; DNA REPLICATION; HYBRID CELLS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED CBA; RNA; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0031267548     PISSN: 09671994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0967199400003877     Document Type: Article

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