Widespread transcription in an amphibian oocyte relates to its reprogramming activity on transplanted somatic nuclei

Stem Cells and Development

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 181-190

  Simeoni, Ilenia ^a,b,c   Gilchrist, Mike J ^d   Garrett, Nigel ^a,b   Armisen, Javier ^a,b   Gurdon, John B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SPLICING; SOMATIC CELL; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; XENOPUS; XENOPUS TROPICALIS;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; NUCLEAR TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; OOCYTES; RNA SPLICING; RNA, MESSENGER; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTOME; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

AMPHIBIA; XENOPUS TROPICALIS;

EID: 84855824475     PISSN: 15473287     EISSN: 15578534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/scd.2011.0162     Document Type: Article

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