Postovulatory aging affects dynamics of mRNA, expression and localization of maternal effect proteins, spindle integrity and pericentromeric proteins in mouse oocytes

Human Reproduction

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 133-149

  Trapphoff, T ^a   Heiligentag, M ^a   Dankert, D ^b   Demond, H ^b   Deutsch, D ^c   Frohlich T ^c   Arnold, G J ^c   Grummer R ^b   Horsthemke, B ^b   Eichenlaub Ritter, U ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Centromere; Gene expression; Histone pattern; Maternal effect genes; Oocyte; RNAdynamics; Spindle chromosome complex

Indexed keywords

BRG1 PROTEIN; GLUTATHIONE; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING OLIGOMERIZATION DOMAIN LIKE RECEPTOR; POLYADENYLATED RNA; PROTEOME; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; Y BOX BINDING PROTEIN 1; ANTIGEN; EGG PROTEIN; NALP5 PROTEIN, MOUSE; YBX2 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GERMINAL VESICLE; HISTONE ACETYLATION; METAPHASE; MICROTUBULE; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVULATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLYADENYLATION; POSTOVULATORY AGING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEOMICS; RNA BINDING; RNA DEGRADATION; SPINDLE CELL; ZYGOTE; ANIMAL; CELL AGING; CENTROMERE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SPINDLE APPARATUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; CELL AGING; CENTROMERE; EGG PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; MICE; OOCYTES; OVULATION; PROTEOME; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SPINDLE APPARATUS;

EID: 84957597742     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dev279     Document Type: Article

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