Activation of mouse metallothionein-I promoter in mouse preimplantation embryos after pronuclear microinjection

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 321-328

  Takeda, Satoshi ^a,b   Azuma, Sadahiro ^a   Tsukui, Tohru ^a   Toyoda, Yutaka ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

^c OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Embryonic genome activation; Metallothionein I promoter; Mouse preimplantaion embryo; X gal staining

Indexed keywords

EID: 53249098706     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.43.321     Document Type: Article

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