Modifications to improve the efficiency of zona-free mouse nuclear transfer

Cloning and Stem Cells

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 10-15

  Ribas, R ^a,c   Oback, B ^b   Ritchie, W ^a   Chebotareva, T ^a,d   Taylor, J ^a,d   Mauricio A C ^c   Sousa, M ^c   Wilmut, I ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID; ACID TYRODE; CALCIUM; PRONASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL FUSION; CELL NUCLEUS TRANSPLANTATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUMULUS OOPHORUS; CYTOLYSIS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; FETAL CALF SERUM; MORULA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARTHENOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALS; BLASTOMERES; CALCIUM; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELLS, CULTURED; CLONING, ORGANISM; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; ISOTONIC SOLUTIONS; MICE; MORULA; NUCLEAR TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PARTHENOGENESIS; PRONASE; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33645774188     PISSN: 15362302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/clo.2006.8.10     Document Type: Article

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