Understanding cellular disruptions during early embryo development that perturb viability and fetal development

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 371-378

  Lane, Michelle ^a,b   Gardner, David K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b Repromed   (Australia)

^c National Foundation for Fertility Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID; CALCIUM; GLUCOSE; MAGNESIUM; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL DISRUPTION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PH; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY YIELD; EPIGENETICS; FERTILIZATION; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS GROWTH; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GLYCOLYSIS; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; METABOLIC BALANCE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; OSMOTIC STRESS; OXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SOMATIC CELL GENETICS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY METABOLISM; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETAL VIABILITY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MITOCHONDRIA; STRESS;

EID: 15844366255     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD04102     Document Type: Article

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