Epigenetic reprogramming in embryonic and foetal development upon somatic cell nuclear transfer cloning

Reproduction

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 151-163

  Niemann, Heiner ^a   Tian, X Cindy ^b   King, W Allan ^c   Lee, Rita S F ^d  

^a INSTITUT FÜR TIERZUCHT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^d RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; LENTIVIRUS VECTOR; MESSENGER RNA; MYC PROTEIN; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; SOMATOMEDIN; SOMATOMEDIN B; SOMATOMEDIN B RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUSION; CELL NUCLEUS TRANSPLANTATION; CONCEPTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EPIGENETICS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC PARAMETERS; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENOME IMPRINTING; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PLACENTA FUNCTION; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SOMATIC CELL; TELOMERE; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CLONING, ORGANISM; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; NUCLEAR TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; RESEARCH EMBRYO CREATION;

BOVINAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 39449128840     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-07-0397     Document Type: Conference Paper

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