Nutrient uptake and utilization can be used to select viable day 7 bovine blastocysts after cryopreservation

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 472-475

  Gardner, David K ^a   Pawelczynski, Monika ^a   Trounson, Alan O ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Freezing; Glucose; Glycolysis; Lactate; Viability

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; LACTIC ACID; PYRUVIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CELL VIABILITY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO GROWTH; FREEZING; GLYCOLYSIS; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THAWING;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; GLUCOSE; LACTATES; PYRUVIC ACID;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 0029774739     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199608)44:4<472::AID-MRD6>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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