Transcriptional sexual dimorphism in elongating bovine embryos: Implications for XCI and sex determination genes

Reproduction

Volumn 141, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 801-808

  Bermejo Alvarez, P ^a   Rizos, D ^a   Lonergan, P ^b   Gutierrez Adan, A ^a  

^a INIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN EXPRESSED X LINKED 1; BRAIN EXPRESSED X LINKED 2; CALPAIN; CALPAIN 6; GATA BINDING PROTEIN 4; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE M3; LAMININ 1; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR MEMBRANE COMPONENT 1; PROTEIN; SPERMINE N ACETYLTRANSFERASE 1; TAU INTERFERON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, X-LINKED; GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DETERMINATION ANALYSIS; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; X CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

BOS; BOVINAE;

EID: 79957625401     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-11-0006     Document Type: Article

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