Sperm-mediated DNA transfer to cells of the uterus and embryo

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 56, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2000, Pages 316-318

  Chan, Philip J ^a,b  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Dept of Gynecology and Obstetrics ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Blastocysts; DNA uptake; Foreign exogenous DNA; Spermatozoa; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT;

BLASTOCYST; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA TRANSFER; EMBRYO (ANATOMY); GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; INTERNALIZATION; MYCOPLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; UTERUS;

ANIMALIA; MYCOPLASMA;

EID: 0034063042     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2795(200006)56:2+<316::aid-mrd23>3.0.co;2-v     Document Type: Conference Paper

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