In-vitro fertilization and culture of mouse embryos in vitro significantly retards the onset of insulin-like growth factor-II expression from the zygotic genome

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 116-124

  Stojanov, T ^a   Alechna, S ^a   O'Neill, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Embryo; Growth factor; In vitro fertilization; Insulin like growth factor II; Platelet activating factor

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; SOMATOMEDIN B; SOMATOMEDIN B RECEPTOR; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATING FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELLS, CULTURED; CULTURE MEDIA; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR II; MALE; MICE; PLATELET ACTIVATING FACTOR; RECEPTOR, IGF TYPE 2; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032907049     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/5.2.116     Document Type: Article

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