Epigenetic reprogramming in mammalian species after SCNT-based cloning

Theriogenology

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 80-90

  Niemann, Heiner ^a  

^a Institute of Farm Animal Genetics FLI   (Germany)

Author keywords

Development; DNA methylation; Insulin like growth factor gene family; MRNA Expression; Telomeres; X chromosome inactivation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CELL NUCLEUS TRANSPLANTATION; CLONING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; MAMMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; CLONING, ORGANISM; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MAMMALS; NUCLEAR TRANSFER TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84965035910     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2016.04.021     Document Type: Review

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