Ribosomal ribonucleic acid is transcribed at the 4-cell stage in in vitro-produced bovine embryos

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 626-631

  Viuff, Dorthe ^a   Hyttel, Poul ^a   Avery, Birthe ^a   Vajta, Gabor ^b   Greve, Torben ^a   Callesen, Henrik ^b   Thomsen, Preben D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; NUCLEOLIN; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CELL CYCLE; EMBRYO; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSCRIPTION;

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; MAMMALIA; PUNCTUM MINUTISSIMUM;

EID: 0031855810     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod59.3.626     Document Type: Article

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