Morpholino oligonucleotide-triggered knockdown reveals a role for maternal E-cadherin during early mouse development

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 120, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1423-1432

  Kanzler, Benoît ^a   Haas Assenbaum, Annette ^a   Haas, Ingrid ^a   Morawiec, Laurent ^a   Huber, Elsa ^a   Boehm, Thomas ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOBIOLOGY AND EPIGENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antisense; E cadherin; Knockdown; Morpholino oligonucleotides; MRNA; Oocyte; Preimplantation development

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; BROMINE DERIVATIVE; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; MESSENGER RNA; MORPHOLINE DERIVATIVE; UVOMORULIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; BLASTULA; CELL ADHESION; CELL ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC CODE; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; KNOCKOUT GENE; MALE; MICROINJECTION; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RNA TRANSLATION; TRANSGENE; ZYGOTE;

EID: 0345707677     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mod.2003.09.008     Document Type: Article

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