Alternative splicing of the telomerase catalytic subunit in human oocytes and embryos

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 845-850

  Brenner, Carol A ^a   Wolny, Yvonne M ^a   Adler, Richard R ^a   Cohen, Jacques ^a  

^a SAINT BARNABAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Human oocytes; Human preimplantation embryos; RT PCR; Telomerase; Telomeres

Indexed keywords

CELL DNA; TELOMERASE;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TELOMERE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEIOSIS; OOCYTES; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TELOMERASE;

EID: 0032866450     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/5.9.845     Document Type: Article

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