Maintenance of transgenes in rats: The contributions of embryo cryopreservation and intracytoplasmic sperm/ spermatid injection

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 205-213

  Hochi, Shinichi ^a   Hirabayashi, Masumi ^b,c  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YS New Technology Institute Inc   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI); Round spermatid injection (ROSI); Transgene transmission; Transgenic rats

Indexed keywords

EID: 27144443514     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.48.205     Document Type: Article

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