Transcription profiling of mouse oocytes in different development stages to study molecular events during oocyte development.
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ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Hua Pan
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-3351 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
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Transcript profiling during mouse oocyte development and the effect of gonadotropin priming and development in vitro.
Pan Hua H O'brien Marilyn J MJ Wigglesworth Karen K Eppig John J JJ Schultz Richard M RM
Developmental biology 20051005 2
The molecular basis for acquisition of meiotic and developmental competence, the two main outcomes of oocyte development and essential for producing an egg capable of being fertilized and supporting development to term, is largely unknown. Using microarrays, we characterized global changes in gene expression in oocytes derived from primordial, primary, secondary, small antral, and large antral follicles and used Expression Analysis Systematic Explorer (EASE) to identify biological and molecular ...[more]
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