Polyvinyl alcohol and amino acids as substitutes for bovine serum albumin in culture media for mouse preimplantation embryos

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 125-135

  Biggers, John D ^a   Summers, Michael C ^a,b   McGinnis, Lynda K ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Fertility Center of New England   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Embryo culture; Glucose; Polyvinyl alcohol

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; GLUCOSE; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL;

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HATCHING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZYGOTE;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CULTURE MEDIA; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; MICE; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; PREGNANCY; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE; ZYGOTE;

EID: 0030846056     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/3.2.125     Document Type: Article

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