Onset of nucleolar and extranucleolar transcription and expression of fibrillarin in macaque embryos developing in vitro

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 721-728

  Schramm, Ralph D ^a,b   Bavister, Barry D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMANITIN; FIBRILLARIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOLUS; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RHESUS MONKEY; RNA SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALIA; MACACA MULATTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032995124     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod60.3.721     Document Type: Article

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