Embryo manipulation via assisted reproductive technology and epigenetic asymmetry in mammalian early development

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 368, Issue 1609, 2013, Pages

  Kohda, Takashi ^a   Ishino, Fumitoshi ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Assisted reproductive technology; Epigenetic asymmetry; Genomic imprinting; Intracytoplasmic sperm injection; X chromosome inactivation; Zygotic gene activation

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRY; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME; CYTOPLASM; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DNA; EMBRYO; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOMICS; MAMMAL; METHYLATION; NEONATE; SPERM;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; ZYGOTE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MALE; MICE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; ZYGOTE;

EID: 84876590085     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2012.0353     Document Type: Review

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