Stimulation of glutathione synthesis of in vitro matured bovine oocytes and its effect on embryo development and freezability

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 451-457

  De Matos, D G ^a,b   Furnus, C C ^a   Moses, D F ^a   Martinez, A G ^a   Matkovic, M ^a  

^a Centro de Investigaciones Reproductivas Perez Companc   (Argentina)

^b NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bovine embryos; Cysteine; Fertilization; In vitro culture; Maturation media; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; FREEZING; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIMETABOLITES; BUTHIONINE SULFOXIMINE; CATTLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYSTEAMINE; CYSTEINE; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE; MALE; MERCAPTOETHANOL; OOCYTES;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 0029908032     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199612)45:4<451::AID-MRD7>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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