Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Charlotte Schjerling
PROVIDER: E-MEXP-1146 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Oliveri Roberto S RS Kalisz Mark M Schjerling Charlotte Karlskov CK Andersen Claus Yding CY Borup Rehannah R Byskov Anne Grete AG
Reproduction (Cambridge, England) 20071001 4
The mature mammalian metaphase II (MII) oocyte has a unique ability to reprogram sperm chromatin and support early embryonic development. This feature even extends to the epigenetic reprogramming of a terminally differentiated cell nucleus as observed in connection with somatic cell nuclear transfer. Epigenetic nuclear reprogramming is highly linked to chromatin structure and includes covalent modifications of DNA and core histone proteins as well as reorganization of higher-order chromatin stru ...[more]