Telomerase-immortalized sheep fibroblasts can be reprogrammed by nuclear transfer to undergo early development

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 15-21

  Cui, Wei ^a   Wylie, Diana ^a   Aslam, Samena ^a   Dinnyes, Andres ^a   King, Tim ^a   Wilmut, Ian ^a   Clark, A John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Embryo; Nuclear transfer

Indexed keywords

RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; TELOMERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BLASTOCYST; CELL AGING; CELL DIVISION; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CELL NUCLEUS TRANSPLANTATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENZYME SUBUNIT; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FIBROBLAST; LIFESPAN; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; TELOMERE;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CELL AGING; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; NUCLEAR TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SHEEP; TELOMERASE;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0037775721     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.102.013250     Document Type: Article

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