Embryo quality and production efficiency of porcine parthenotes is improved by phytohemagglutinin

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 435-444

  Gupta, Mukesh Kumar ^a   Sang, Jun Uhm ^a   Dong, Wook Han ^a   Hoon, Taek Lee ^a  

^a Konkuk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Development rate; Gene expression; Phytohemagglutinin; Pig embryo

Indexed keywords

GALACTOSE; LECTIN; MESSENGER RNA; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL XL; SOMATOMEDIN B;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BAC GENE; BCL XL GENE; BLASTOCYST; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL COUNT; CELL DIVISION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL NUCLEUS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOIDY; DOWN REGULATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HATCHING; IGF2 GENE; IN VITRO STUDY; MITOGENESIS; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PARTHENOGENESIS; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWINE; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; BCL-X PROTEIN; CELL SURVIVAL; CLONING, ORGANISM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR II; PARTHENOGENESIS; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SWINE;

SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 33846978778     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: 10982795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20547     Document Type: Article

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