Cryopreservation of Xenopus Transgenic Lines

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 65-69

  Buchholz, Daniel R ^a   Fu, Liezhen ^a   Shi, Yun Bo ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Sperm cryopreservation; Transgenesis; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

GAMMA CRYSTALLIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; STROMELYSIN 3;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FROG; GENETIC CODE; HEAT SHOCK; MICROINJECTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SPERM; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; TRANSGENICS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CELL NUCLEUS; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; MICE; MICROINJECTIONS; OOCYTES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SPERMATOZOA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0344874548     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20005     Document Type: Article

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