Discrepancies between the effects of glutamine in cultures of preimplantation mouse embryos

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 70-73

  Biggers, John D ^a   McGinnis, Lynda K ^a   Summers, Michael C ^b,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Reproductive Science Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Embryo culture; Glutamine

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; GLUTAMINE;

CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXENCEPHALY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HEREDITY; NONHUMAN; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; REVIEW; TERATOLOGY; TOXICITY TESTING;

EID: 3242722259     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)62112-8     Document Type: Article

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