Development of mouse embryos co-cultured with polarized or non-polarized uterine epithelial cells using sequential culture media

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 100, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 141-157

  Azadbakht, Mehri ^a,c   Valojerdi, Mojtaba Rezazadeh ^a,b   Mowla, Sayed Javad ^a  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ROYAN INSTITUTE FOR REPRODUCTIVE BIOMEDICINE   (Iran)

^c RAZI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Co culture; Mouse; Polarized uterine epithelial cells

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; CULTURE MEDIA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MICE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RNA, MESSENGER; UTERUS;

EID: 34247469870     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2006.06.012     Document Type: Article

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