Organic osmolytes and embryos: Substrates of the Gly and β transport systems protect mouse zygotes against the effects of raised osmolarity

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1550-1558

  Dawson, Kerri M ^b   Baltz, Jay M ^a  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAFFINOSE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CYTOPLASM; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; OSMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BETA-ALANINE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; MICE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PREGNANCY; RAFFINOSE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; ZYGOTE;

EID: 0030996424     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod56.6.1550     Document Type: Article

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