Co-culture of 1-cell outbred mouse embryos on bovine kidney epithelial cells: Effect on development, glycolytic activity, inner cell mass:trophectoderm ratios and viability

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 598-603

  Leppens, Greet ^a   Gardner, David K ^b   Sakkas, Denny ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Co culture; Embryo culture; Inner cell mass; Metabolism; Trophectoderm

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; EDETIC ACID; GLUTAMINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL COUNT; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GLYCOLYSIS; INNER CELL MASS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY CELL; KIDNEY EPITHELIUM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVIDUCT; ZYGOTE;

EID: 0029917347     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/11.3.598     Document Type: Article

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