TUNEL analyses of bovine blastocysts after culture with EGF and IGF-I

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 51-56

  Sirisathien, S ^a   Brackett, B G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryo quality; Growth factors; IVF; Nuclear DNA; Parthenogenetic

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 1;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CELL CULTURE; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; PARTHENOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I;

BOVINAE;

EID: 0037401435     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.10263     Document Type: Article

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