Somatic cell nuclear transfer efficiency: How can it be improved through nuclear remodeling and reprogramming?

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 77, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1001-1015

  Whitworth, Kristin M ^a   Prather, Randall S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE DEACETYLASE;

CELL ACTIVATION; CELL NUCLEUS TRANSPLANTATION; CHROMOSOME; CLONING; CYTOPLASM; DNA METHYLATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; EXPERIMENTAL PIG; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; OOCYTE; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOMATIC CELL; TELOMERE; X CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; HUMANS; MICE; NUCLEAR TRANSFER TECHNIQUES;

EID: 78650453704     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: 10982795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.21242     Document Type: Review

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