Life-giving caspases: Revealing new roles during mouse embryo preimplantation development

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 857-865

  Busso, Dolores ^a   Dominguez, Calixto ^a   Perez Acle, Tomas ^a,b   Moreno, Ricardo D ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b Fundacion Ciencia para la Vida   (Chile)

Author keywords

Caspase; Caspase substrate; Compaction; Mouse development

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CATENIN; BETA CATENIN; CALPAIN 2; CASPASE 2; CASPASE 8; CASPASE 9; CASPASE INHIBITOR; GEMININ; BENZYLOXYCARBONYLVALYL ALANYL ASPARTYL FLUOROMETHYL KETONE; BENZYLOXYCARBONYLVALYL-ALANYL-ASPARTYL FLUOROMETHYL KETONE; CASPASE; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; OLIGOPEPTIDE; PEPTIDE CHLOROMETHYL KETONE;

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; GENE INACTIVATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MORULA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE DATABASE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; BLASTOMERE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOLOGY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

MUS;

AMINO ACID CHLOROMETHYL KETONES; ANIMALS; BLASTOMERES; CASPASE 8; CASPASES; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; OLIGOPEPTIDES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77956029276     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.092921db     Document Type: Article

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