In vitro viability of mouse zygotes vitrified in ethylene glycol

Japanese Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 193-198

  Bautista, Jose Arceo N ^a   Takahashi, Yoshiyuki ^a   Kanagawa, Hiroshi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Culture; Embryos; Ethylene glycol; Mouse; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; ETHYLENE GLYCOL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; C57BL MOUSE; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TIME; VISCOSITY; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; CULTURE MEDIA; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FEMALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; TIME FACTORS; VISCOSITY; ZYGOTE;

EID: 0031995633     PISSN: 00471917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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