Cryo-survival and development of bovine blastocysts are enhanced by culture with recombinant albumin and hyaluronan

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 70-78

  Lane, Michelle ^a   Maybach, Jeffrey M ^a   Hooper, Kathy ^a   Hasler, John F ^b   Gardner, David K ^a  

^a National Foundation for Fertility Research   (United States)

^b Em Tran Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Defined culture; Fertilization; Maturation

Indexed keywords

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; CITRIC ACID; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; HYALURONIC ACID; ALBUMINOID; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; ANIMAL; CULTURE MEDIUM; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; METHODOLOGY;

ALBUMINS; ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CITRIC ACID; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE MEDIA; EMBRYO TRANSFER; HYALURONIC ACID; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 0037210995     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.10210     Document Type: Article

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