Quantitative RT-PCR reveals tuberous sclerosis gene, TSC2, mRNA degradation following cryopreservation in the human preimplantation embryo

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 593-601

  Tachataki, Maria ^a   Winston, Robert M L ^a   Taylor, Deborah M ^a,b  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LISTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Expression; Tuberous sclerosis

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CHROMOSOME 16; CHROMOSOME 9; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FREEZING; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OOCYTE; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA DEGRADATION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THAWING; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CELL AGING; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; OOCYTES; PREGNANCY; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA STABILITY; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 0141616462     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gag073     Document Type: Article

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