Telomere length and telomerase activity during oocyte maturation and early embryo development in mammalian species

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 15-30

  Ozturk, Saffet ^a   Sozen, Berna ^a   Demir, Necdet ^a  

^a School of Medicine   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Early embryo; Granulosa cell; Oocyte; Telomerase activity; Telomere

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE; TELOMERE BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE MATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; SINGLE TELOMERE LENGTH ANALYSIS; TELOMERE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; TELOMERE RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; TELOMERIC REPEAT AMPLIFICATION PROTOCOL; TRANSCRIPTION MEDIATED AMPLIFICATION; AGING; ANIMAL; BOVINE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOUSE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; TELOMERE SHORTENING;

AGING; ANIMALS; CATTLE; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELLS; HUMANS; MICE; OOCYTES; OXIDATIVE STRESS; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; TELOMERE SHORTENING; TELOMERE-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 84899850283     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gat055     Document Type: Article

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