Aspects f the molecular regulation of early mammalian development

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 97-113

  Edwards, R G ^a  

^a Reproductive BioMedicine Online   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Embryo quality; Human preimplantation embryos; Imprinting; Left right axis; Polarities; Timers

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN;

BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BLASTOCYST; CELL CLONING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO AXIS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO POLARITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LONGEVITY; MAMMAL; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR IMPRINTING; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; TELOMERE; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; ANIMAL; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; GENOME IMPRINTING; METABOLISM; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TIME;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HUMANS; MAMMALS; OVARY; TELOMERE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037629003     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)62061-5     Document Type: Review

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