Onset of transcription in bovine oocytes and preimplantation embryos

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 36-41

  Memili, Erdogan ^a   Dominko, Tanja ^a,b   First, Neal L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bovine; Embryo; Gene expression; Oocyte; RNA; Transcription

Indexed keywords

RNA; SULFUR 35; URIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GERMINAL VESICLE; METAPHASE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; OOCYTES; PREGNANCY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; URIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

EID: 0031829142     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199809)51:1<36::AID-MRD4>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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