Role of endogenous reverse transcriptase in murine early embryo development

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 225-236

  Pittoggi, Carmine ^a,b   Sciamanna, Ilaria ^a   Mattei, Elisabetta ^c   Beraldi, Rosanna ^a,b   Lobascio, Anna Maria ^a   Mai, Antonello ^d   Quaglia, Maria Giovanna ^d   Lorenzini, Rodolfo ^a   Spadafora, Corrado ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Embryo development; Fertilization; Gene expression; Nevirapine; Pre implantation stages; Reverse transcriptase

Indexed keywords

NEVIRAPINE; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; BLASTOMERE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; CELL-FREE SYSTEM; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MALE; MICE; MICROINJECTIONS; NEVIRAPINE; OOCYTES; PREGNANCY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE INHIBITORS; RNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; SPERMATOZOA;

MURINAE;

EID: 0141571160     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.10349     Document Type: Article

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