Somatic cell nuclear transfer in the pig: Control of pronuclear formation and integration with improved methods for activation and maintenance of pregnancy

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 642-650

  De Sousa, Paul A ^a   Dobrinsky, John R ^a   Zhu, Jie ^a   Archibald, Alan L ^a   Ainslie, Alison ^a   Bosma, Wim ^a   Bowering, June ^a   Bracken, John ^a   Ferrier, Patricia M ^a   Fletcher, Judy ^a   Gasparrini, Bianca ^a   Harkness, Linda ^a   Johnston, Paul ^a   Ritchie, Marjorie ^a   Ritchie, William A ^a   Travers, Ailsa ^a   Albertini, David ^a   Dinnyes, Andras ^a   King, Timothy J ^a   Wilmut, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developmental biology; Early development; Embryo; Reproductive technology

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHALASIN B; DYE; NOCODAZOLE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL CLONING; CELL NUCLEUS TRANSPLANTATION; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETON; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FETUS; FIBROBLAST; MEMBRANE FUSION; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVULATION; PARTHENOGENESIS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRONUCLEUS; SOMATIC CELL; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0036190835     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod66.3.642     Document Type: Article

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