Post-transcriptional control of gene expression in mouse early embryo development: A view from the tip of the iceberg

Genes

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 345-359

  Bianchi, Enrica ^a   Sette, Claudio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Early embryogenesis; Fertilization; Genome activation; Maternal factors; Meiosis; Mrna translation; Rna metabolism

Indexed keywords

BRG1 PROTEIN; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEOPLASMIN; NUCLEOPLASMIN 2; PROTEIN SWI; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNF; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FERTILIZATION; GAMETE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MOUSE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; PHASE TRANSITION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVIEW; RNA TRANSLATION; STEM CELL; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

MAMMALIA; MUS;

EID: 79959721158     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/genes2020345     Document Type: Review

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