The organic osmolytes betaine and proline are transported by a shared system in early preimplantation mouse embryos

Journal of Cellular Physiology

Volumn 210, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 266-277

  Anas, Mohamed Kheir Idris ^a   Hammer, Mary Anne ^a   Lever, Michael ^c   Stanton, Jo Ann L ^d   Baltz, Jay M ^a,b  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c CANTERBURY HEALTH LABORATORIES   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; BETAINE; CHLORIDE ION; CHLORINE; CYSTEINE; DIMETHYLGLYCINE; ELECTROLYTE; LEUCINE; METHIONINE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; OSMOLYTE; PROLINE; SODIUM; SODIUM ION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; ELECTROLYTE TRANSPORT; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; KINETICS; MOUSE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; OVIDUCT; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZYGOTE;

ALANINE; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BETAINE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BLASTOCYST; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHLORIDES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; KINETICS; MICE; PROLINE; SARCOSINE; SODIUM; TIME FACTORS; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 33845412809     PISSN: 00219541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcp.20872     Document Type: Article

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