The supplementation of culture medium with protease improves the hatching rate of mouse embryos

Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2493-2498

  Lee, Dong Ryul ^a,c   Lee, Jeoung Eun ^a   Yoon, Hyun Soo ^a   Lee, Ho Joon ^b   Kim, Moon Kyoo ^c   Li Roh, Sung ^a  

^a Jeil Women's Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT)   (South Korea)

^c Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Assisted hatching; Embryonic hatching; Mouse embryo; Protease; Zona pellucida

Indexed keywords

CHYMOTRYPSIN A; PRONASE; PROTEINASE; PROTEINASE K;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HATCHING; LIQUID; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVIDUCT; UTERINE TUBE; VITELLINE MEMBRANE; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0030859740     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/12.11.2493     Document Type: Article

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