Succinate and malate improve development of hamster eight-cell embryos in vitro: Confirmation of viability by embryo transfer

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 440-447

  Ain, Rupasri ^a   Seshagiri, Polani B ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Development; Hamster; Malate; Preimplantation embryo; Succinate

Indexed keywords

MALIC ACID; SUCCINIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL VIABILITY; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; GLYCOLYSIS; HAMSTER; NONHUMAN; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE;

EID: 0030988790     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2795(199708)47:4<440::aid-mrd11>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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