Nuclear transfer of porcine embryos using cryopreserved delipated blastomeres as donor nuclei

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 339-343

  Nagashima, Hiroshi ^a,b   Ashman, Rodney J ^a   Nottle, Mark B ^a  

^a BresaGen Limited   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Cytoplasmic lipid; Delipated embryo; Nuclear transfer; Pig

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CELL FUSION; CELL NUCLEUS TRANSPLANTATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; MICROMANIPULATION; MORULA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BLASTOMERES; CLONING, ORGANISM; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO; NUCLEAR TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; OOCYTES; SWINE; TISSUE DONORS;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0030874654     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199711)48:3<339::AID-MRD6>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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