Publications by authors named "Juan Martin Traverso"
Article Synopsis
- Scientists are trying to figure out how eggs develop properly in animals, especially in fish.
- They studied a gene called npm2, which is important for the eggs of zebrafish, and found that it helps the eggs develop well.
- If there's not enough npm2 in the egg, it can cause problems, like stopping the baby fish from developing properly before they are even born.
Background: In bovine maturing oocytes and cleavage stage embryos, gene expression is mostly controlled at the post-transcriptional level, through degradation and deadenylation/polyadenylation. We have investigated how post transcriptional control of maternal transcripts was affected during in vitro and in vivo maturation, as a model of differential developmental competence.
Results: Using real time PCR, we have analyzed variation of maternal transcripts, in terms of abundance and polyadenylation, during in vitro or in vivo oocyte maturation and in vitro embryo development.