Role of Oct-4 during acquisition of developmental competence in mouse oocyte

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 19, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2009, Pages 57-62

  Zuccotti, Maurizio ^a   Merico, Valeria ^b   Redi, Carlo Alberto ^b   Bellazzi, Riccardo ^b   Adjaye, James ^c   Garagna, Silvia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Developmental competence; Mouse; Oct 4; Oocyte

Indexed keywords

FOXJ2 PROTEIN; GERM CELL NUCLEAR FACTOR; NUCLEAR FACTOR; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; PROTEIN; STELLA PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; CHROMATIN; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GERM CELL; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 73949099367     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60284-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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