Chromatin as a regulative architecture of the early developmental functions of mammalian embryos after fertilization or nuclear transfer

Cloning and Stem Cells

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 363-377

  Vignon, Xavier ^a   Zhou, Qi ^b   Renard, Jean Paul ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DINUCLEOTIDE; HETEROCHROMATIN PROTEIN 1; HISTONE; HISTONE H1; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS TRANSPLANTATION; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; COVALENT BOND; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPLICATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION; HETEROCHROMATIN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SOMATIC CELL; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; ZYGOTE;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 12244277651     PISSN: 15362302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/153623002321025041     Document Type: Conference Paper

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