Epigenetic modifications necessary for normal development are established during oocyte growth in mice

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 616-621

  Bao, Siqin ^a   Obata, Yayoi ^a   Carroll, John ^b   Domeki, Ikuo ^a   Kono, Tomohiro ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GERM CELL; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0033994867     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod62.3.616     Document Type: Article

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