Temporal and spatial control of gene expression in early embryos of farm animals

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 35-42

  Brevini, Tiziana A L ^a   Cillo, Fabiana ^a   Antonini, Stefania ^a   Tosetti, Valentina ^a   Gandolfi, Fulvio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cytoplasmic streaming; Maternal embryonic transition; mRNA polyadenylation; Staufen; Zygote arrest 1 (Zar1)

Indexed keywords

RNA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; CATTLE; CELL TYPE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FARM ANIMAL; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; REVIEW; RNA PROCESSING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; OOCYTES; PREGNANCY; RNA TRANSPORT;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33846028482     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD06119     Document Type: Review

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