Efficient production and cellular characterization of sheep androgenetic embryos

Cellular Reprogramming

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 495-502

  Zacchini, Federica ^a   Czernik, Marta ^a   Iuso, Domenico ^a   Toschi, Paola ^a   Di Egidio, Fiorella ^a   Scapolo, Pier Augusto ^a   Loi, Pasqualino ^a   Ptak, Grazyna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TERAMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; MAGNESIUM ION;

ANDROGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CDX2 GENE; CELL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE; KARYOTYPING; METHYLATION; MOUSE; NANOG GENE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; DNA METHYLATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; KARYOTYPE; MICE; NUCLEAR TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; OOCYTES; SHEEP;

EID: 83255193355     PISSN: 21524971     EISSN: 21524998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cell.2011.0021     Document Type: Article

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