Acute dietary zinc deficiency before conception compromises oocyte epigenetic programming and disrupts embryonic development

Developmental Biology

Volumn 376, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 51-61

  Tian, X ^a   Diaz, F J ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryo; Methylation; Oocyte; Zinc

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H3;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL DENSITY; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HISTONE METHYLATION; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN METHYLATION; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84875243380     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2013.01.015     Document Type: Article

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