A programmed oxyradical burst causes hatching of mouse blastocysts

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 110, Issue 14, 1997, Pages 1597-1602

  Thomas, M ^a   Jain, S ^a   Kumar, G P ^a   Laloraya, M ^a  

^a DEVI AHILYA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Hatching; Implantation; Superoxide

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN RADICAL; SUPEROXIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HATCHING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CELL SURVIVAL; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; FREE RADICALS; HEMOSTATICS; MALE; MICE; NITROGEN OXIDES; PREGNANCY; SUPEROXIDES; VITAMIN K; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030739735     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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