Betaine is a highly effective organic osmolyte but does not appear to be transported by established organic osmolyte transporters in mouse embryos

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 195-202

  Hammer, Mary Anne ^a   Baltz, Jay M ^a,b  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Culture; Osmolarity; Preimplantation embryo; Tonicity

Indexed keywords

BETAINE; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CELL VIABILITY; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; IONIC STRENGTH; METHYLATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; OVIDUCT; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALANINE; ANIMALS; BETAINE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARRIER PROTEINS; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLYCINE; HYPERTONIC SOLUTIONS; MICE; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; TIME FACTORS; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

EID: 0036249986     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.10088     Document Type: Article

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