Differential Growth, Cell Proliferation, and Apoptosis of Mouse Embryo in Various Culture Media and in Coculture

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 72-80

  Xu, Jia Sen ^a   Chan, Samuel Ting Hon ^a   Lee, Will W M ^a   Lee, Kai Fai ^a   Yeung, William S B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Embryo; Oviduct; Proliferation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; BLASTOMERE; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO GROWTH; FEMALE; GARDNER SEQUENTIAL MEDIUM; IN VITRO STUDY; INNER CELL MASS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MORULA; MOUSE; MOUSE TUBAL FLUID MEDIUM; NONHUMAN; OVIDUCT; POTASSIUM SIMPLEX OPTIMIZED MEDIUM; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENTIAL CHATOT ZIOMEK BAVISTER MEDIUM;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BLASTOCYST; BLASTOMERES; CELL DIVISION; CELL SIZE; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICE; MORULA;

EID: 1842480432     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20048     Document Type: Article

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