Effects of glutamine and taurine on preimplantation development and cleavage of mouse embryos in vitro

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 921-928

  Devreker, Fabienne ^a,b   Hardy, Kate ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMINE; TAURINE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CELL NUCLEUS; CLEAVAGE STAGE, OVUM; CULTURE MEDIA; FEMALE; GLUTAMINE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED CBA; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MITOTIC INDEX; PREGNANCY; TAURINE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030885435     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod57.4.921     Document Type: Article

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