New insights into the maternal to zygotic transition

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 141, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 3834-3841

  Langley, Alexander R ^a   Smith, James C ^a   Stemple, Derek L ^b   Harvey, Steven A ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; Embryonic development; Gap phases

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; MESSENGER RNA; PLASMID DNA;

CELL CYCLE REGULATION; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RNA SEQUENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; XENOPUS; ZEBRA FISH; ZYGOTE; ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; CELL CYCLE; DNA REPLICATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYOLOGY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; MOTHER; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL CYCLE; DNA REPLICATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HUMANS; MICE; MOTHERS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ZYGOTE;

EID: 84908093872     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.102368     Document Type: Review

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