Ammonium exposure and pyruvate affect the amino acid metabolism of bovine blastocysts in vitro

Reproduction

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 131-140

  Orsi, Nicolas M ^a   Leese, Henry J ^b  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINOOXYACETIC ACID; AMMONIA; ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; DIPICOLINIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; PYRUVIC ACID; UREA;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL CULTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME INHIBITION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVIDUCT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 1242296030     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/rep.1.00031     Document Type: Article

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