Paternal influence on apoptosis, and expression of BCL2, BAX, TP53, heat shock protein-70 and Interferon tau genes in bovine preimplantation embryo

Canadian Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 157-165

  Giritharan, G ^a,b   Ramakrishnappa, N ^a,c   Aali, M ^a,d   Madan, P ^a,e   Balendran, A ^a,b   Singh, R ^a   Rajamahendran, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VETERINARY COLLEGE   (India)

^d KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bovine; Embryo; Fertility; Gene expression; Interferon

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE;

EID: 34547267944     PISSN: 00083984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/CJAS06004     Document Type: Article

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