Investigations into mechanisms of amino acid supply to the rat embryo using whole-embryo culture

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 315-318

  Beckman, David A ^a   Lloyd, John B ^b   Brent, Robert L ^b  

^a DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

amino acid; embryonic nutrition; visceral yolk sac

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYOPATHY; ENDOCYTOSIS; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RAT;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; ENDOCYTOSIS; GESTATIONAL AGE; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; RATS;

EID: 0030985171     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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