Secretion of interferon-tau by bovine embryos in long-term culture: Comparison of in vivo derived, in vitro produced, nuclear transfer and demi-embryos

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 55, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 151-162

  Stojkovic, M ^a   Buttner M ^b   Zakhartchenko, V ^c   Riedl, J ^c   Reichenbach, H D ^d   Wenigerkind, H ^c   Brem, G ^e   Wolf, E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^c Bavarian Res Ctr Biol of Repro   (Germany)

^d Bavarian Res Stn for Anim Breed   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cattle embryology; Interferon tau

Indexed keywords

EMBRYO CULTURE; IN VIVO STUDY; TAU INTERFERON;

ANIMALS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; INTERFERON TYPE I; NUCLEAR TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; SUPEROVULATION; TROPHOBLASTS; VESICULAR STOMATITIS-INDIANA VIRUS;

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; BUBALUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0345552108     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4320(99)00015-9     Document Type: Article

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