Induced cell death of preimplantation mouse embryos cultured in vitro evaluated by comet assay

Theriogenology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 691-706

  Fabian, Dušan ^a   Rehák, Pavol ^a   Czikková, Soňa ^a   Il'ková, Gabika ^a   Baran, Vladimír ^a   Koppel, Juraj ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Comet assay; Mouse embryos; Preimplantation development

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043269201     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(03)00087-6     Document Type: Article

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