Precursors of taurine in female genital tract: Effects on developmental capacity of bovine embryo produced in vitro

Amino Acids

Volumn 15, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 27-42

  Guyader Joly, C ^a,f   Guerin P ^b,c   Renard, J P ^d   Guillaud, J ^c   Ponchon, S ^a   Menezo Y ^c,e  

^a UNCEIA Les Vesves   (France)

^b CERREC   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^d CEMAGREF   (France)

^e LMM Laboratoire Marcel Merieux   (France)

^f UNCEIA   (France)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Bovine in vitro embryo production; Cystamine; Cysteamine; Follicular fluid; Hypotaurine; Oviduct fluid; Taurine

Indexed keywords

HYPOTAURINE; MERCAPTAMINE; TAURINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DOG; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYOTOXICITY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GOAT; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CULTURE MEDIA; CYSTEAMINE; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLICULAR FLUID; GENITALIA, FEMALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OOCYTES; RABBITS; SHEEP; SWINE; TAURINE;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CAPRA HIRCUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0031714584     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01345278     Document Type: Article

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