Effect of cryopreservation on fusion efficiency and in vitro development into blastocysts of bovine cell lines used in somatic cell cloning

Zygote

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 277-282

  Hayes, O ^b   Rodriguez L L ^a   Gonzalez A ^b   Falcon V ^b   Aguilar, A ^b   Castro, F O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b CENTER FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Bovine; Cell fusion; Freezing; Nuclear transfer

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CELL FUSION; CELL LINE; CELL NUCLEUS TRANSPLANTATION; CLONING; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; HYBRID CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MICROMANIPULATION; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SKIN; TISSUE PRESERVATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CELL FUSION; CELL LINE; CLONING, ORGANISM; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; HYBRID CELLS; MICROMANIPULATION; NUCLEAR TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; OOCYTES; PREGNANCY; SKIN; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

BOVINAE;

EID: 29744464278     PISSN: 09671994     EISSN: 14698730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0967199405003278     Document Type: Article

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