Cryopreservation of mouse embryos affects later embryonic development possibly through reduced expression of the glucose transporter GLUT1

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 496-500

  Uechi, Hiroto ^b   Tsutsumi, Osamu ^a,b   Morita, Yutaka ^b   Taketani, Yuji ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Freezing thawing; Glucose uptake; Implantation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FREEZING; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CLEAVAGE STAGE, OVUM; CRYOPRESERVATION; DEOXYGLUCOSE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER TYPE 1; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MONOSACCHARIDE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0030732436     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199712)48:4<496::AID-MRD10>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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