Caspase activity and expression of cell death genes during development of human preimplantation embryos

Reproduction

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 353-363

  Spanos, S ^a   Rice, S ^a   Karagiannis, P ^a   Taylor, D ^a   Becker, D L ^a   Winston, R M L ^a   Hardy, K ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4',6 DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE; CASPASE; CASPASE INHIBITOR; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN BAD; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2;

APOPTOSIS; BLASTOCYST; CELL DEATH; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL TYPE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME BINDING; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MORULA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRONUCLEUS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0036718381     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/rep.0.1240353     Document Type: Review

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