Biological differences between in vitro produced bovine embryos and parthenotes

Reproduction

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 285-295

  Gómez, Enrique ^a   Gutiérrez Adán, Alfonso ^b   Díez, Carmen ^a   Bermejo Alvarez, Pablo ^b   Muñoz, Marta ^a   Rodriguez, Aida ^a   Otero, Jesús ^c   Alvarez Viejo, María ^c   Martín, David ^a   Carrocera, Susana ^a   Caamaño, José Néstor ^a  

^a Área de Cultivos Hortofrutícolas y Forestales   (Spain)

^b INIA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO CENTRAL DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM) ALPHA1; ALDEHYDE REDUCTASE; CADHERIN; DNA (CYTOSINE 5) METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3A; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN ALPHA1; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 1; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 5; IONOMYCIN; MESSENGER RNA; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; PLACENTA PROTEIN; PLACENTA SPECIFIC 8 PROTEIN; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR MEMBRANE COMPONENT 1; PROSTAGLANDIN G SYNTHASE 2; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN P53; PROTEIN P66; TAU INTERFERON; THIOREDOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; IN VITRO STUDY; INNER CELL MASS; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE MATURATION; PARTHENOGENESIS; PLOIDY; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METHYLATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; ANIMAL; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMBRYO INDUCTION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BOVINAE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; DNA PRIMERS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NECROSIS; PARTHENOGENESIS; PLOIDIES; PREGNANCY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 62449200200     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-08-0220     Document Type: Article

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