Analysis of Differential Maternal mRNA Expression in Developmentally Competent and Incompetent Bovine Two-Cell Embryos

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 136-144

  Fair, Trudee ^a   Murphy, Madeline ^a   Rizos, Dimitrios ^a   Moss, Catherine ^a   Martin, Finian ^a   Boland, Maurice P ^a   Lonergan, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cattle; Gene expression; Oocyte; SSH

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYCLIN B1; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 9; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 9B; HISTONE H3; MESSENGER RNA; RNA 18S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CELL CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOSOME; SUPPRESSION SUBTRACTIVE HYBRIDIZATION; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; CLEAVAGE STAGE, OVUM; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0347989469     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.10385     Document Type: Article

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