Cryopreservation of isolated fish blastomeres: Effects of cell stage, cryoprotectant concentration, and cooling rate on postthawing survival

Cryobiology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 252-261

  Strussmann C A ^a   Nakatsugawa, H ^a   Takashima, F ^a   Hasobe, M ^a   Suzuki, T ^b   Takai, R ^b  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blastomere; Cooling rate; Cryopreservation; Cryoprotectant; Embryo; Fish

Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE;

ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; CELL VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOTOXICITY; EMBRYO; FISH; FREEZING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; THAWING;

EID: 0343340073     PISSN: 00112240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cryo.1999.2208     Document Type: Article

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