Intercellular communication in in vivo- and in vitro-produced bovine embryos

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1050-1055

  Boni, R ^a   Tosti, E ^b   Roviello, S ^b   Dale, B ^b  

^a Dipartimento di Scienze delle Produzioni Animali   (Italy)

^b STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; BLASTOMERE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; EMBRYO; FEMALE; INNER CELL MASS; MORULA; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPEROVULATION; UTERUS HORN;

ANIMALS; BLASTOMERES; CATTLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FLUORESCENT DYES; ISOQUINOLINES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; ILEX COOKII; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032850986     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod61.4.1050     Document Type: Article

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