Influence of in vitro oxygen concentrations on preimplantation embryo development, gene expression and production of Hanwoo calves following embryo transfer

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 486-496

  Rho, Gyu Jin ^a   Balasubramanian, S ^a,b   Kim, Dong Sik ^a   Son, Woo Jin ^a   Cho, Sang Rae ^c   Kim, Jung Gon ^a   Mohana Kumar, B ^a   Choe, Sang Young ^a  

^a Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

^b MADRAS VETERINARY COLLEGE   (India)

^c National Institute of Animal Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cattle; Gene expression; IVP embryos; Transfer

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 1; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; OXYGEN; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; TAU INTERFERON; TISSUE CULTURE MEDIUM; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BAX GENE; BCL 2 GENE; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CUMULUS OOCYTE COMPLEX; CUMULUS OOPHORUS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FETAL BOVINE SERUM; FETAL CALF SERUM; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUT 1 GENE; HANWOO CALF; IFN TAU GENE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INNER CELL MASS; MALE; MNSOD GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVIDUCT; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PREGNANCY; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNTHETHIC OVIDUCT FLUID; TWINS; UTERUS FLUID; VEGF GENE; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FREEMARTINISM; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; OXYGEN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; TWINS;

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EID: 33846980156     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: 10982795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20502     Document Type: Article

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