Chromatin configuration and transcriptional control in human and mouse oocytes

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 458-470

  Miyara, Faïçal ^a   Migne, Carole ^a   Dumont Hassan, Martine ^b,c   Le Meur, Alain ^c   Cohen Bacrie, Paul ^c   Aubriot, François Xavier ^b   Glissant, Amélie ^b   Nathan, Catherine ^b   Douard, Stéphane ^b   Stanovici, Alexandre ^b   Debey, Pascale ^a,d  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b Centre FIV Pierre Cherest   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE D EYLAU   (France)

^d INST DE BIOLOGIE PHYSICO CHIMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Chromatin configuration; Human GV oocytes; Kinase inhibitors; Mouse GV oocytes; RNAP II RNAP I; Transcription

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE INHIBITOR; RNA POLYMERASE II;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GERMINAL VESICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHROMATIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MICE; OOCYTES; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; ZYGOTE;

EID: 0037376675     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.10233     Document Type: Article

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