Cdc42 is implicated in polarity during meiotic resumption and blastocyst formation in the mouse

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 785-794

  Cui, Xiang Shun ^a   Li, Xing Yu ^a   Kim, Nam Hyung ^a  

^a Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Cdc42; Mouse embryo; Oocyte maturation; Polarity

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN CDC42; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; CELL POLARITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GERMINAL VESICLE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MEIOSIS; METAPHASE; MORULA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE MATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CDC42 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; CELL POLARITY; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MEIOSIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROTUBULES; OOCYTES; PREGNANCY; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING;

EID: 34247562692     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: 10982795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20571     Document Type: Article

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