Nuclear and cytoplasmic localization of interferon-τ in in vitro-produced bovine blastocysts

Reproduction Nutrition Development

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 97-104

  Johnson, Kelly M ^a   Alvarez, Xavier ^a   Borkhsenious, Olga N ^b   Kubisch, H Michael ^a  

^a TULANE NATIONAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Embryo; Gene expression; Interferon ; IVF

Indexed keywords

TAU INTERFERON; TROPHECTODERM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL LABELING; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOPLASM; ECTODERM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMBRYO CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; INTERFERON TYPE I; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PREGNANCY PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE;

EID: 32944480054     PISSN: 09265287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/rnd:2005060     Document Type: Article

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