Association of abnormal morphology and altered gene expression in human preimplantation embryos

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 343-355

  Wells, Dagan ^a,b,c   Bermúdez, Mercedes G ^b   Steuerwald, Nury ^b,c   Malter, Henry E ^c   Thornhill, Alan R ^d   Cohen, Jacques ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Reprogenetics LLC   (United States)

^c Typho Galileo Research Laboratories   (United States)

^d Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

BRCA1; Checkpoint; Fragmentation; Gene expression; Implantation rate; IVF; Morphology; Preimplantation genetic diagnosis; Real time polymerase chain reaction; TP53

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN P53;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CELL CYCLE; DNA REPAIR; EMBRYO; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; PREDICTION; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BLASTOCYST; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 20344373765     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.01.143     Document Type: Article

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