The effect of activin-A on the development of mouse preimplantation embryos in vitro

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 669-674

  Orimo, Takeshi ^a,b   Taga, Michiyoshi ^a   Matsui, Hiroshi ^a   Minaguchi, Hiroshi ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

activin A; development; preimplantation embryo; transforming growth factor

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; GONADOTROPIN; INSULIN; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; SERIC GONADOTROPIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MORULA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0029797241     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02069647     Document Type: Article

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