Nuclear structure in early mouse embryos: A comparative ultrastructural and immunocytochemical study with special emphasis on the "2-cell block in vitro"

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 389-398

  Bogolyubova, I O ^a   Bogoliubova, N A ^a   Bogolyubov, D S ^a   Parfenov, V N ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

2 Cell block in vitro; Extrachromosomal nuclear domains; Immunocytochemistry; Mouse embryos; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA PRECURSOR; RNA POLYMERASE II;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL AGING; CELL DEATH; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHROMATIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; MITOSIS INHIBITION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOLUS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RNA SPLICING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 33750960663     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tice.2006.09.002     Document Type: Article

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