Metabolism of pyruvate by the early human embryo

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1054-1056

  Butcher, Liza ^c   Coates, Alison ^b   Martin, Karen L ^d   Rutherford, Anthony J ^b   Leese, Henry J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PYRUVIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; OXIDATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACRYLATES; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CULTURE MEDIA; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PYRUVIC ACID;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031943734     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod58.4.1054     Document Type: Article

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