Molecular cloning and expression of bovine nucleoplasmin 2 (NPM2): a maternal effect gene regulated by miR-181a

• Main Authors: Smith George W (Author), Tejomurtula Jyothsna (Author), Tripurani Swamy K (Author), Lingenfelter Brandon M (Author), Yao Jianbo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2011-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Nucleoplasmin 2 (NPM2) is an oocyte-specific nuclear protein essential for nuclear and nucleolar organization and early embryonic development. The aims of this study were to clone the bovine <it>NPM2 </it>gene, determine...