2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Functional analysis of meiosis-related factors in ES cells
| Project/Area Number |
15K14453
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Molecular biology
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| Research Institution | Keio University |
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Principal Investigator |
Ko Minoru 慶應義塾大学, 医学部(信濃町), 教授 (50631199)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2015-04-01 – 2017-03-31
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| Keywords | Zscan4 / Zygotic genss / GV oocytes |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Zscan4 is known to be expressed in the 2 cell stage mouse embryos and is characterized by activation of the zygotic genes and ectopic expression of meiosis-related genes. In this study, ES cells and mice in which GFP was knocked-in at the endogenous Zscan4c locus were prepared, and the expression pattern of endogenous Zscan4 was analyzed. As a result, it was found that the endogenous Zscan4c in ES cells is about 30% of all Zscan4 positive cells. Expression of Zscan4 was observed in GV oocytes corresponding to late stage of meiotic prophase and spermatocytes at Pachytene stage.
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| Free Research Field |
発生生物学
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