Epigenetic regulatory mechanisms during preimplantation embryo development

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1221, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 54-60

  Palini, Simone ^a   De Stefani, Silvia ^a   Scala, Valentina ^a   Dusi, Ludovica ^a   Bulletti, Carlo ^a  

^a Ospedale Cervesi   (Italy)

Author keywords

DNA remodeling; Embryo; Epigenetic; Preimplantation development

Indexed keywords

DNA; MICRORNA;

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; COMPUTER MODEL; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MICROARRAY; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; ECTODERM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIGENETICS; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; INNER CELL MASS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RNA INTERFERENCE;

EID: 79952645917     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2010.05937.x     Document Type: Article

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