Effect of zona pellucida removal on DNA methylation in early mouse embryos

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 307-313

  Ribas, Ricardo C ^a,b,c   Taylor, Jane E ^a,c   McCorquodale, Caroline ^a   Maurício, Ana C ^b   Sousa, Mário ^b   Wilmut, Ian ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developmental biology; Early development; Embryo; Gene regulation

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; PRONASE;

ACETYLATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DNA METHYLATION; DNMT1S GENE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXPOSURE; FERTILIZATION; FGF4 GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MORULA; MOUSE; NANOG GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRONUCLEUS; STAINING; ZONA PELLUCIDA; ZYGOTE;

ACETYLATION; ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 4; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HISTONES; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MORULA; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 31044440281     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.105.046284     Document Type: Article

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