Influence of oxygen tension on apoptosis and hatching in bovine embryos cultured in vitro

Theriogenology

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1585-1596

  Yuan, Y Q ^a   Van Soom, A ^a   Coopman, F O J ^a   Mintiens, K ^a   Boerjan, M L ^b   Van Zeveren, A ^a   De Kruif, A ^a   Peelman, L J ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Pas Reform BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bax gene; Bovine; Embryo; Oxygen; TUNEL

Indexed keywords

ONCOPROTEIN; OXYGEN; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DRUG EFFECT; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; NICK END LABELING; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; CATTLE; CLEAVAGE STAGE, OVUM; CULTURE MEDIA; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; OXYGEN; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BOVINAE;

EID: 0037400045     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(02)01204-9     Document Type: Article

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