Chemical activation of parthenogenetic and nuclear transfer porcine oocytes using ionomycin and strontium chloride

Theriogenology

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1297-1304

  Che, L ^a   Lalonde, A ^a   Bordignon, V ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ionomycin; Nuclear transfer; Parthenogenetic activation; Porcine oocytes; Strontium chloride

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; IONOMYCIN; STRONTIUM; STRONTIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS TRANSPLANTATION; CLONING; DRUG EFFECT; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; OOCYTE; PARTHENOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CLONING, ORGANISM; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; IONOMYCIN; NUCLEAR TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; OOCYTES; PARTHENOGENESIS; STRONTIUM; SWINE;

SUS;

EID: 33947587916     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2007.02.006     Document Type: Article

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