Messenger RNA expression patterns in bovine embryos derived from in vitro procedures and their implications for development

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 17, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 23-35

  Wrenzycki, Christine ^a   Herrmann, Doris ^a   Lucas Hahn, Andrea ^a   Korsawe, Karin ^a   Lemme, Erika ^a   Niemann, Heiner ^a  

^a INSTITUT FÜR TIERZUCHT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); CITRATE SYNTHASE; DESMOCOLLIN; DESMOGLEIN; DESMOPLAKIN; DNA; FIBRONECTIN; FILAMIN; GALECTIN; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE ISOMERASE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 1; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 2; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 3; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 4; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 5; GLYCOPROTEIN; HEXOKINASE; HISTONE; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MESSENGER RNA; OCCLUDIN; PHOSPHOGLYCERATE KINASE; PLAKOGLOBIN; SOMATOMEDIN B; SOMATOMEDIN C; UVOMORULIN;

BLASTOCYST; CELL DIVISION; CELL NUCLEUS TRANSPLANTATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COW; CULTURE MEDIUM; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EPIGENETICS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME IMPRINTING; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PROGENY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; REVIEW; UPREGULATION; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

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EID: 12144282758     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/rd04109     Document Type: Review

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