Effect of the microenvironment and embryo density on developmental characteristics and gene expression profile of bovine preimplantative embryos cultured in vitro

Reproduction

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 415-425

  Hoelker, Michael ^a   Rings, Franka ^a   Lund, Qamaruddin ^a   Ghanem, Nasser ^a   Phatsara, Chirawath ^a   Griese, Josef ^a   Schellander, Karl ^a   Tesfaye, Dawit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DISPOSITION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; IN VIVO STUDY; MICROENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; UPREGULATION; ZYGOTE; ANIMAL; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PREGNANCY;

BOVINAE;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; CULTURE MEDIA; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZYGOTE;

EID: 66949146597     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-08-0370     Document Type: Article

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