Apoptotic processes and DNA cytosine methylation in mouse embryos arrested at the 2-cell stage

Zygote

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 269-279

  Fabian, Dušan ^a   Bukovsk, Alexandra ^a   Juhás, Štefan ^a   Koppel, Juraj ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

2 Cell stage; Apoptosis; Developmental physiology; DNA methylation; Mouse

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMANITIN; CASPASE 3; CYTOSINE; DACTINOMYCIN; NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS INHIBITOR; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; DNA METHYLATION; DRUG EFFECT; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH MOUSE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ALPHA-AMANITIN; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CASPASE 3; CYTOSINE; DACTINOMYCIN; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 68349131138     PISSN: 09671994     EISSN: 14698730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0967199409005413     Document Type: Article

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