Glutathione content and embryo development after in vitro fertilisation of pig oocytes matured in the presence of a thiol compound and various concentrations of cysteine

Zygote

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 203-210

  Abeydeera, Lalantha R ^a   Wang, Wei Hua ^a   Cantley, Thomas C ^a   Prather, Randall S ^a   Day, Billy N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryo development; Glutathione; In vitro maturation; Pig oocytes

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

CYSTEINE; GLUTATHIONE; MERCAPTOETHANOL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; MALE; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CULTURE MEDIA; CYSTEINE; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GLUTATHIONE; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; MALE; MERCAPTOETHANOL; OOCYTES; SWINE;

EID: 0033173999     PISSN: 09671994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0967199499000581     Document Type: Article

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