Gene silencing during development of in vitro-produced female bovine embryos

Genetics and Molecular Research

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1116-1127

  Merighe, G K F ^a   Biase, F H ^a   Santos Biase, W K F ^a   Miranda, M S ^a   De Bem, T H C ^a   Watanabe, Y F ^b   Meirelles, F V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Vitrogen Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento em Biotecnologia da Reprodução S C Ltda   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bovine embryos; Nuclear reprogramming; Nuclear transfer and sex; X chromosome inactivation

Indexed keywords

6 N,N DIMETHYLADENINE; CARBON DIOXIDE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; IONOMYCIN; TAU INTERFERON;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; ATMOSPHERE; BLASTOCYST; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL FUSION; CELL NUCLEUS TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENUCLEATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE SILENCING; GRANULOSA CELL; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; HUMIDIFIER; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE MATURATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOMATIC CELL; SPERM;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE;

EID: 70349408554     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16765680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4238/vol8-3gmr638     Document Type: Article

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