Nuclear reprogramming of sperm and somatic nuclei in eggs and oocytes

Reproductive Medicine and Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 133-149

  Teperek, Marta ^a,b   Miyamoto, Kei ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epigenetic modification; Fertilisation; Nuclear reprogramming; Nuclear transfer; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 4; HISTONE H3; MATURATION PROMOTING FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PROTAMINE;

BLASTOCYST; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EPIGENETICS; HETEROCHROMATIN; HETEROPLASMY; HISTONE ACETYLATION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MYOBLAST; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; NUCLEOSOME; OOCYTE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PREMATURE CHROMOSOME CONDENSATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN TARGETING; REVIEW; SOMATIC CELL; SPERM; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION;

EID: 84886431420     PISSN: 14455781     EISSN: 14470578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12522-013-0155-z     Document Type: Review

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