Selective degradation of transcripts in mammalian oocytes and embryos

Theriogenology

Volumn 68, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages

  Schellander, K ^a   Hoelker, M ^a   Tesfaye, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Embryo; Gene expression; RNA interferences

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; EVALUATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA STABILITY;

ANIMALS; CULTURE MEDIA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OOCYTES; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA STABILITY; RNA, MESSENGER; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BOVINAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 34447622300     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2007.05.054     Document Type: Article

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