Partial purification and characterization of serum embryotrophic factor required for early postimplantation growth of rat embryos in culture

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 276, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 403-414

  Usami, Makoto ^a   Ohno, Yasuo ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH PROMOTOR; HYDROXYAPATITE; SERUM GLOBULIN;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EFFECT; EMBRYO; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RABBIT; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, DEAE-CELLULOSE; CULTURE MEDIA; DURAPATITE; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RABBITS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SERUM GLOBULINS;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0030589625     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19961215)276:6<403::AID-JEZ4>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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