In mammals, epigenetic reprogramming, the acquisition and loss of totipotency, and the first
cell fate decision all occur within a 3-d window after fertilization from the one-cell zygote to …

Inter-species somatic cell nuclear transfer (iSCNT) embryos usually fail to develop to the
blastocyst stage and beyond due to incomplete reprogramming of donor cell. We evaluated …

Bacterial cell walls contain peptidoglycan (PTG), which, among other actions, induces fever.
The present experiment evaluated the effects of PTG treatment on early pregnancy and …

The renin–angiotensin system (RAS), mainly associated with the regulation of blood
pressure, has been recently investigated in female reproductive organs and the developing …

The cellular cytoskeleton is composed of three fibrillar systems, namely actin microfilaments,
microtubules and intermediate filaments (IF s). It not only is a structural system, which …

The organisation of the genome in its home, the cell nucleus, is reliant on a number of
different aspects to establish, maintain and alter its functional non-random positioning. The …

This study was aimed at elucidating the fate of three important nuclear envelope
components–lamins B and A/C and nucleoporin Nup160, during meiotic maturation of …

There has been widespread warming and a general increase in summer temperatures over
the Korean peninsula ($0.5^{\circ} C $/10 years from 2001 to 2010). South Korea is …

Rearrangement of nuclear lamina and redistribution of lamins have been described at all
stages of somatic cell cycle, but little is known about these changes in oocyte meiosis and …

Embryo reconstruction by somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) has been used to
demonstrate that mammalian somatic cells can dedifferentiate into a totipotent nucleus when …