Sequential analysis of global gene expression profiles in immature and in vitro matured bovine oocytes: Potential molecular markers of oocyte maturation

BMC Genomics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Mamo, Solomon ^a   Carter, Fiona ^a   Lonergan, Patrick ^a   Leal, Cláudia L V ^a,b   Al Naib, Abdullah ^a   McGettigan, Paul ^a   Mehta, Jai P ^a   Evans, Alexander C O ^a   Fair, Trudee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMANITIN; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 1; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 5; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 8; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 14; NEUROSERPIN; PROTEIN ANXA1; PROTEIN HSPA2; PROTEIN LUM; PROTEIN NACA; PROTEIN PLAU; PROTEIN SEC22A; PROTEIN SEC22B; PROTEIN STC1; PROTEIN STX17; PROTEIN STX5; PROTEIN TXNL4B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CATTLE; CYTOLOGY; DNA MICROARRAY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MEIOSIS; METABOLISM;

BOS; BOVINAE;

ALPHA-AMANITIN; ANIMALS; CATTLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MEIOSIS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OOCYTES; OOGENESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 79952708161     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-12-151     Document Type: Article

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