Genomic RNA profiling and the programme controlling preimplantation mammalian development

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 691-701

  Bell, Christine E ^a,b   Calder, Michele D ^a,b   Watson, Andrew J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Embryo culture; Gene expression; In vitro fertilization; Oocyte

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); AQUAPORIN; ARACHIDONATE 15 LIPOXYGENASE; ARGININE DEIMINASE; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 15; BRG1 PROTEIN; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; DNA; ELONGATION FACTOR 1ALPHA; GENOMIC RNA; MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PLACENTA PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CDX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MSX1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; UROKINASE;

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL LINEAGE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DNA MICROARRAY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA STABILITY;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CELL LINEAGE; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; RNA; RNA STABILITY;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 58249120637     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gan063     Document Type: Article

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