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Methylation and Acetylation Characteristics of Cloned Bovine Embryos from Donor Cells Treated with 5-aza-2′-Deoxycytidine1
16 Dec 2004
Abstract excerpt
Differentiated somatic cells and embryos cloned from somatic cells by nuclear transfer (NT) have higher levels of DNA methylation than gametes and early embryos produced in vivo. Reducing DNA methylation in donor cells before NT by treating them with chemicals such as the DNA methyl-transferase inhibitor (5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine; 5-aza-dC) may improve cloning efficiency of NT embryos by providing donor cells with...
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