Cryopreservation of Caprine β-Lactoglobulin Transgenic Mouse Embryos

Cryobiology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 290-298

  Ibáñez, Elena ^a   Grossmann, Mark ^a   Vidal, Francesca ^a   Egozcue, Josep ^a   Santaló, Josep ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Goat lactoglobulin; Mouse embryos; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAPRA; CAPRA HIRCUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; LACTOGLOBULIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; GOAT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN BANKS; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; GOATS; LACTOGLOBULINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0031266280     PISSN: 00112240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cryo.1997.2051     Document Type: Article

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