Potential of fetal germ cells for nuclear transfer in cattle

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 421-426

  Zakhartchenko, Valeri ^a   Durcova Hills, Gabriela ^a   Schernthaner, Wolfgang ^a   Stojkovic, Miodrag ^b   Reichenbach, Horst Dieter ^c   Mueller, Sigrid ^d   Steinborn, Ralf ^d   Mueller, Mathias ^d   Wenigerkind, Hendrik ^a   Prelle, Katja ^b   Wolf, Eckhard ^a,b   Brem, Gottfried ^d,e  

^a Bavarian Res Ctr Biol of Repro   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c Bavarian Res Stn for Anim Breed   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^e LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cattle; Fetal germ cells; Nuclear transfer

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CELL NUCLEUS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETUS; GERM CELL; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CELL NUCLEUS; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; OOCYTES; OVUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PREGNANCY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0033062070     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199904)52:4<421::AID-MRD11>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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