Differentially Expressed Genes in Porcine Parthenogenetic 2-cell and Blastocyst Embryos

  • Lee, Hwa-young (Department of Animal Science, Chungbuk National University, Animal Biotechnology Division, National Livestock Research Institute, Rural Development Adminstration) ;
  • Kim, Bong-Ki (Animal Biotechnology Division, National Livestock Research Institute, Rural Development Adminstratio) ;
  • Cui, Xiang-Chun (Department of Animal Science, Chungbuk National University) ;
  • Hwang, Kyu-Chan (Department of Animal Science, Chungbuk National University) ;
  • Chung, Hak-Jae (Animal Biotechnology Division, National Livestock Research Institute, Rural Development Adminstratio) ;
  • Ko, Yeoung-Gyu (Animal Biotechnology Division, National Livestock Research Institute, Rural Development Adminstratio) ;
  • Jung, Jin-Kwan (Animal Biotechnology Division, National Livestock Research Institute, Rural Development Adminstratio) ;
  • Chang, Won-Kyong (Animal Biotechnology Division, National Livestock Research Institute, Rural Development Adminstratio) ;
  • Kim, N. H. (Department of Animal Science, Chungbuk National University)
  • Published : 2004.06.01

Abstract

The identification of embryo-specific genes would provide insights into early embryonic development. However, the current methods employed to identify the genes that are expressed at a specific developmental stage are labor intensive and suffer from high rates of false positives. Here we employed a new and accurate reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) technology that involves annealing control primers(ACPs) to identify the genes that are specifically expressed in porcine blastocysts compared to 2-cell stage embryos. (omitted)

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