Intracytoplasmic glutathione concentration and the role of β- mercaptoethanol in preimplantation development of bovine embryos

Theriogenology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 429-439

  Lim, J M ^a,b   Liou, S S ^a,b   Hansel, W ^a,b  

^a PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bovine; Cumulus cells; Embryo development; Glutathione; mercaptoethanol

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE; MERCAPTOETHANOL;

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; OOCYTE; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO;

BOVINAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030202038     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0093-691X(96)00165-3     Document Type: Article

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