Developmental and dysmorphogenic effects of glufosinate ammonium on mouse embryos in culture

Teratogenesis Carcinogenesis and Mutagenesis

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 287-299

  Watanabe, Toshiaki ^a   Iwase, Takayuki ^b  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell death; Embryotoxicity; Glufosinate ammonium; Micromass culture; Mouse embryos; Whole embryo culture

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHINOTHRICIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYOTOXICITY; FOREBRAIN; GROWTH RETARDATION; HISTOLOGY; HYPOPLASIA; LIMB BUD; MESENCEPHALON; MOUSE; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISCERA;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; AMINOBUTYRIC ACIDS; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; HERBICIDES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; PREGNANCY; TERATOGENS;

EID: 0030432844     PISSN: 02703211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6866(1996)16:6<287::AID-TCM1>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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