Time-lapse videomicrographic analyses of contractions in mouse blastocysts

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 413-423

  Niimura, Sueo ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Contraction; Embryo quality; Hatching; Time lapse videomicrography

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN KINASE; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; BLASTOCYST; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIVISION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL MOTION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HATCHING; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; TIME; UTERUS; VIDEORECORDING; ANIMAL; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOLOGY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; PERMEABILITY;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CULTURE MEDIA; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; MICE; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; MYOSIN-LIGHT-CHAIN KINASE; NA(+)-K(+)-EXCHANGING ATPASE; PERMEABILITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0347723936     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.49.413     Document Type: Review

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