Oct4 expression in in-vitro-produced sheep blastocysts and embryonic-stem-like cells

Octamer-binding transcription factor-4 (Oct4); Pluripotency; Quantitative real-time (qRT)-PCR; Sheep embryo; Stem-like cell marker; Alkaline Phosphatase; Animals; Antigens, CD15; Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate; Base Sequence; Blastocyst; Cattle; Cell Differentiation; Embryo, Mammalian; Embryonic Stem Cells; Homeodomain Proteins; Molecular Sequence Data; Octamer Transcription Factor-3; STAT3 Transcription Factor; Sequence Alignment; Sheep; Stage-Specific Embryonic Antigens; Cell Biology