Interferon-τ in bovine blastocysts following parthenogenetic activation of oocytes: Pattern of secretion and polymorphism in expressed mRNA sequences

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 79-85

  Kubisch, H Michael ^a   Rasmussen, Terri A ^a   Johnson, Kelly M ^a  

^a TULANE NATIONAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bovine embryos; Interferon ; Parthenogenetic blastocysts

Indexed keywords

TAU INTERFERON; INTERFERON; MESSENGER RNA; PLACENTA PROTEIN; TROPHOBLAST PROTEIN 1;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; NONHUMAN; PARTHENOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CATTLE; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SECRETION;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; FEMALE; INTERFERON TYPE I; MALE; PARTHENOGENESIS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0037210996     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.10211     Document Type: Article

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