Taurine acts as an osmolyte in human and mouse oocytes and embryos

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 739-744

  Dumoulin, John C M ^a   Van Wissen, Lucie C P ^a   Menheere, Paul P C A ^a   Michiels, Anton H J C ^a   Geraedts, Joep P M ^a   Evers, Johannes L H ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); OUABAIN; TAURINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CELL VOLUME; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OSMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETAL VIABILITY; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; NA(+)-K(+)-EXCHANGING ATPASE; OOCYTES; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; OUABAIN; TAURINE;

ANIMALIA; STROPHANTHUS GRATUS;

EID: 0031052984     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod56.3.739     Document Type: Article

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