The molecular biology of Oct-4 in the early mouse embryo

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1021-1031

  Ovitt, Catherine E ^a   Schölar, Hans R ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Embryo development; Gene expression; Oct 4; Preimplantation; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

MATERNAL FACTOR; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TARGETING; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MICE; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-3; PREGNANCY; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 7844233314     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/4.11.1021     Document Type: Article

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