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Oocyte maturation, a simple and visible phenomenon, is about to be transformed into a complex and not so visible molecular cascade leading to the marking of the following generation. The study of oocyte maturation in mammals is progressively changing towards a more molecular approach. This review addresses the main challenges in the study of RNA extraction and quantification in oocytes and embryos as well as the importance of the mRNA maturation. The identification of specific...

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bp0019cpr20 | Gestation Elicited | CPR2013

Integrin α is necessary for the attachment of trophectoderm cells to osteopontin to mediate adhesion of the conceptus to the uterus during implantation in pigs

Frank James W. , Bazer Fuller W. , Burghardt Robert C. , Bayless Kayla J. , Johnson Gregory A.

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bp0019cpr18 | Gestation Elicited | CPR2013

Maternal and fetal amino acid metabolism in gestating sows

Guoyao Wu , Fuller W. Bazer , Gregory A. Johnson , Robert C. Burghardt , Xilong Li , Zhaolai Dai , Junjun Wang , Zhenlong Wu

Among livestock species, swine exhibit the most severe naturally-occurring intra-uterine growth restriction (IUGR) primarily due to a reduction in net protein synthesis. Thus, new knowledge about fetal metabolism of amino acids (AA), which are building blocks for proteins and regulators of intracellular protein turnover, can provide a solution to this problem. Among all AA, requirements of glutamate and glutamine by fetal pigs are quantitatively the highest, but cannot b...

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Bioscientifica Proceedings

The use of genomics and proteomics to understand oocyte and early embryo functions in farm animals

Integrin α is necessary for the attachment of trophectoderm cells to osteopontin to mediate adhesion of the conceptus to the uterus during implantation in pigs

Maternal and fetal amino acid metabolism in gestating sows

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