Large-scale transcriptional analysis of bovine embryo biopsies in relation to pregnancy success after transfer to recipients

Physiological Genomics

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 84-96

  El Sayed, Ashraf ^a   Hoelker, Michael ^a   Rings, Franca ^a   Salilew, Dessie ^a   Jennen, Danyel ^a   Tholen, Ernst ^a   Sirard, Marc André ^b   Schellander, Karl ^a   Tesfaye, Dawit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Embryo loss; Microarray; Preimplantation

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE REDUCTASE; ARACHIDONATE 15 LIPOXYGENASE; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 15; CD9 ANTIGEN; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; ELONGATION FACTOR 1ALPHA; KERATIN; OCCLUDIN; PHOSPHOGLYCERATE KINASE; PLACENTA PROTEIN; PROTEIN PLAC8; SECURIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CDX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MSX1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UROKINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; BLASTOCYST; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; DNA MICROARRAY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOPSY; CATTLE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

BOVINAE;

ANIMALS; BIOPSY; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MSX1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 34247889872     PISSN: 10948341     EISSN: 15312267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00111.2006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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