Production of Chimeric Mice from Cryopreserved Blastocysts

Experimental Animals

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 167-171

  Nakao, Kazuki ^a   Nakagata, Naomi ^b   Katsuki, Motoya ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Chimeric mice; Cryopreservation; ES cell; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; C57BL MOUSE; CHIMERA; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH MOUSE; METHODOLOGY; MICROINJECTION; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CHIMERA; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED ICR; MICROINJECTIONS;

EID: 0032114062     PISSN: 13411357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1538/expanim.47.167     Document Type: Article

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