Bovine fetal microchimerism in normal and embryo transfer pregnancies and its implications for biotechnology applications in cattle

Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 486-491

  Turin, Lauretta ^a   Invernizzi, Pietro ^a   Woodcock, Marion ^c   Grati, Francesca R ^a,b   Riva, Federica ^a   Tribbioli, Giulia ^a   Laible, Götz ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b TOMA Advanced Biomedical Assays SpA   (Italy)

^c RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bovine; Embryo transfer; Microchimerism; Real time PCR; Transplacental leakage

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BLOOD SAMPLING; BOVIDS; BREEDING; CATTLE; COW; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; FETUS; GESTATION PERIOD; MICROCHIMERISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; TRANSGENE; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CATTLE; CHIMERISM; DNA; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PREGNANCY;

BOS; BOVINAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 34248381681     PISSN: 18606768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/biot.200600218     Document Type: Article

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