Qualitative and quantitative differences of cytoskeleton proteins in embryos produced in vitro, in vivo, and by somatic nuclear transfer

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1109-1119

  Poehland, R ^a   Tomek, W ^a   Becker, F ^a   Kurth, J ^a   Kanitz, W ^a   Bhojwani, S ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR FARM ANIMAL BIOLOGY FBN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bovine; Cell adhesion; Cloning; Cytoskeleton; Embryo

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; BETA CATENIN; CADHERIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; F ACTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL NUCLEUS TRANSPLANTATION; CLONING; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; ELECTROPHORESIS; EMBRYO; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATTLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FIBROBLASTS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NUCLEAR TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; OOCYTES; PREGNANCY; SUPEROVULATION;

BOVINAE; RATTUS;

EID: 44849126312     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: 10982795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20848     Document Type: Article

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