Effect of vitrification on promoter methylation and the expression of pluripotency and differentiation genes in mouse blastocysts

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 79, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 445-450

  Zhao, Xue Ming ^a   Du, Wei Hua ^a   Hao, Hai Sheng ^a   Wang, Dong ^a   Qin, Tong ^a   Liu, Yan ^a   Zhu, Hua Bin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; HEART AND NEURAL CREST DERIVATIVE EXPRESSED TRANSCRIPT 1 PROTEIN; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CDX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; CPG ISLAND; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; MALE; METHYLATION; MOUSE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLURIPOTENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VITRIFICATION;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BLASTOCYST; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEATING; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-3; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VITRIFICATION;

EID: 84863501298     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: 10982795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.22052     Document Type: Article

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