Modifications made to culture medium by bovine oviduct epithelial cells: Changes to carbohydrates stimulate bovine embryo development

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 146-154

  Edwards, L J ^a   Batt, P A ^b   Gandolfi, F ^c   Gardner, D K ^a,d  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Embryogenesis   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

co culture; conditioned media; embryo culture; glucose; lactate

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CARBOHYDRATE; GLUCOSE; LACTIC ACID; PYRUVIC ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CELL MATURATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIC CELL; UTERINE TUBE MUCOSA; ZYGOTE;

3T3 CELLS; ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATES; CATTLE; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIUM; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; LACTIC ACID; MICE; RATS;

EID: 0031024776     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199702)46:2<146::AID-MRD5>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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