Intracellular pH of the mouse preimplantation embryo: Amino acids act as buffers of intracellular pH

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 3441-3448

  Edwards, Louise J ^a   Williams, David A ^a   Gardner, David K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b National Foundation for Fertility Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Compaction; Confocal microscopy; Intracellular pH; SNARF 1

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; DIMETHADIONE; GLUTAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PH; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; MORULA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 0032409174     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.12.3441     Document Type: Article

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