Cell cycle genes c-mos and cyclin-B1 are expressed in a specific pattern in human oocytes and preimplantation embryos

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 1-9

  Heikinheimo, O ^a,b   Lanzendorf, S E ^a   Baka, S G ^c  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Oocyte; Pre embryo; Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT PCR); Tissue specific gene expression

Indexed keywords

EID: 84959842663     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/1.1.1-a     Document Type: Article

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