Cytoplasmic and nuclear determinants of the maternal-to-embryonic transition

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-53

  Bettegowda, Anilkumar ^a   Lee, Kyung Bon ^a   Smith, George W ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; CYTOPLASM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIGENETICS; FERTILIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA ISOLATION;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; OOCYTES; RNA, MESSENGER; ZYGOTE;

EID: 38549088517     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD07156     Document Type: Review

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