Temporal and differential effects of amino acids on bovine embryo development in culture

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 731-740

  Steeves, Tracey E ^a   Gardner, D K ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b National Foundation for Fertility Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAINE; ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; GLUTAMINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZYGOTE;

AMINO ACIDS; AMINO ACIDS, ESSENTIAL; ANIMALS; BETAINE; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GLUTAMINE; TIME FACTORS; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; CICONIIFORMES;

EID: 0032798552     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod61.3.731     Document Type: Article

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