Impact of in vitro production techniques on the expression of X-linked genes in bovine (Bos taurus) oocytes and pre-attachment embryos

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 144-153

  Nino Soto, Maria I ^a   Basrur, Parvathi K ^a   King, W Allan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Reproductive biotechnology; X chromosome; XIST

Indexed keywords

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; RNA; TISSUE CULTURE MEDIUM; TISSUE CULTURE MEDIUM 199; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BIRC4 GENE; BLASTOCYST; BOS TAURUS; CELL CULTURE; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EPITHELIUM CELL; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GAB3 GENE; GENE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MECP2 GENE; MORULA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVIDUCT; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCTIVE BIOTECHNOLOGY; RNA EXTRACTION; RPS4X GENE; SERUM; SLC25A6 GENE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; X CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; X CHROMOSOME LINKED GENE; XIST GENE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MORULA; OOCYTES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; X CHROMOSOME;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 33846011098     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: 10982795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20575     Document Type: Article

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