Recombinant human albumin supports hamsters in-vitro fertilization

Human Reproduction

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 113-116

  Bavister, B D ^a,c   Kinsey, D L ^a,c   Lan, M ^b   Gardner, D K ^b  

^a Audubon Center for Research of Endangered Species   (United States)

^b National Foundation for Fertility Research   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; Albumin; Capacitation; Defined culture medium; Fertilization

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; FATTY ACID; PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT HUMAN SERUM ALBUMIN;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG MECHANISM; EPIDIDYMIS; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HAMSTER; INCUBATION TIME; MALE INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVULATION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; CRICETINAE;

EID: 0037248001     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deg017     Document Type: Article

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