Transcription of ribosomal RNA genes is initiated in the third cell cycle of bovine embryos

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 196-205

  Jakobsen, Anne S ^a   Avery, Birthe ^a   Dieleman, Steph J ^b   Knijn, Hiemke M ^b   Vos, Peter L A M ^b   Thomsen, Preben D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Actinomycin D; Embryo; FISH; Gene activation; In vitro production; In vivo development

Indexed keywords

DACTINOMYCIN; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; RIBOSOME RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; COW; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO GROWTH; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE ACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE; RNA SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SILVER STAINING; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL CYCLE; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; KINETICS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SILVER STAINING; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE;

EID: 30144435639     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20389     Document Type: Article

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