Embryonic gene expression profiling using microarray analysis

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 22-30

  Marjani, Sadie L ^a   Le Bourhis, Daniel ^b,c   Vignon, Xavier ^b   Heyman, Yvan ^b   Everts, Robin E ^d,f   Rodriguez Zas, Sandra L ^d   Lewin, Harris A ^d   Renard, Jean Paul ^b   Yang, Xiangzhong ^e   Tian, X Cindy ^e  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^c UNCEIA Union Nationale des Cooperatives d'Elevage et d'Insemination Animale   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^f SEQUENOM INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA;

BLASTOCYST; CELL NUCLEUS TRANSPLANTATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; HUMAN; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PROMOTER REGION; RAT; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION;

FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 57449118143     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD08217     Document Type: Conference Paper

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