Subcellular redistribution of the mitochondrial PG2 epitope during development from cleavage to primordial germ cell formation in the rabbit embryo

Sexual Development

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 31-42

  Weckelmann, A ^a   Viebahn, C ^b   Puschel B ^b  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bottleneck; Early mammalian development; Germ line; Mitochondria; Rabbit

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; PG2 EPITOPE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CYTOPLASM; ECTODERM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULATION; LIFE CYCLE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; BLASTOMERES; CLEAVAGE STAGE, OVUM; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EPITOPES; FEMALE; GERM CELLS; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA; MORULA; PREGNANCY; RABBITS; ZYGOTE;

MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 42349106357     PISSN: 16615425     EISSN: 16615433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000117717     Document Type: Article

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