Single-cell quantitative RT-PCR analysis of Cpt1b and Cpt2 gene expression in mouse antral oocytes and in preimplantation embryos

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 105, Issue 2-4, 2004, Pages 215-221

  Gentile, L ^a   Monti, M ^a   Sebastiano, V ^a   Merico, V ^a   Nicolai, R ^b   Calvani, M ^b   Garagna, S ^a   Redi, C A ^a   Zuccotti, M ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b Sigma Tau SpA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^d Lab di Biologia dello Sviluppo   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARNITINE PALMITOYLTRANSFERASE; CARNITINE PALMITOYLTRANSFERASE 2; CARNITINE PALMITOYLTRANSFERASE I; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MALE; MORULA; MOUSE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOLUS; OOCYTE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CARNITINE O-PALMITOYLTRANSFERASE; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; ISOENZYMES; MALE; METAPHASE; MICE; OOCYTES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 3242801249     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000078191     Document Type: Article

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