Optimisation of porcine oocyte activation following nuclear transfer

Zygote

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 69-77

  Tao, Tao ^a,b   Macháty, Zoltán ^a   Abeydeera, Lalantha R ^a   Day, Billy N ^a   Prather, Randall S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b Nexia Biotechnologies Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activation; Nuclear transfer; Oocyte; Porcine

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; BISBENZIMIDE; CALCIMYCIN; CALCIUM; DITHIOTHREITOL; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; FLUORESCENT DYE; IONOPHORE; N(6),N(6) DIMETHYLADENINE; N(6),N(6)-DIMETHYLADENINE; THIOMERSAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS TRANSPLANTATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MEIOSIS; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; SWINE;

ADENINE; ANIMALS; BISBENZIMIDE; CALCIMYCIN; CALCIUM; CULTURE MEDIA; DITHIOTHREITOL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FLUORESCENT DYES; IONOPHORES; MEIOSIS; NUCLEAR TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; OOCYTES; SWINE; THIMEROSAL;

EID: 0034138212     PISSN: 09671994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0967199400000848     Document Type: Article

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