Transcriptome changes at the initiation of elongation in the bovine conceptus

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 285-295

  Clemente, M ^a   Lopez Vidriero, I ^b   O'Gaora, P ^c   Mehta, J P ^c   Forde, N ^c   Gutierrez Adan, A ^a   Lonergan, P ^c   Rizos, D ^a  

^a INIA   (Spain)

^b CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Conceptus; Embryo culture; Gene expression; In vitro fertilization (IVF)

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE 1; APOLIPOPROTEIN A2; BINDING PROTEIN; CYTOCHROME P450 51A1; GROWTH FACTOR; HYALURONAN BINDING PROTEIN 2; SLC12A2 PROTEIN; TERATOCARCINOMA DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR 1; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL SURVIVAL; CONCEPTION; COW; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUPEROVULATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

BOS; BOVINAE;

EID: 80052521898     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.111.091587     Document Type: Article

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