Alleviation of the '2-cell block' and development to the blastocyst of CF1 mouse embryos: Role of amino acids, EDTA and physical parameters

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2703-2712

  Gardner, David K ^a,b   Lane, Michelle ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Culture; EDTA; Oxygen; Viability

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMMONIA; EDETIC ACID; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMINE; OXYGEN; TAURINE; TRANSFERRIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; INCUBATOR; MOUSE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; ZYGOTE;

EID: 0030455186     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019195     Document Type: Article

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