Gene expression and chromatin organization during mouse oocyte growth

Developmental Biology

Volumn 207, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 76-85

  Christians, Elisabeth ^a   Boiani, Michele ^b   Garagna, Silvia ^b   Dessy, Cécile ^a   Redi, Carlo Alberto ^b   Renard, Jean Paul ^c   Zuccotti, Maurizio ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b Lab di Biologia dello Sviluppo   (Italy)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chromatin organization; Heat shock protein; Luciferase; Oogenesis; Transgene

Indexed keywords

LUCIFERASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 0033105292     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1998.9157     Document Type: Article

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