Respiration rates correlate with mRNA expression of G6PD and GLUT1 genes in individual bovine in vitro-produced blastocysts

Theriogenology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 223-236

  Lopes, A S ^a,b   Wrenzycki, C ^c   Ramsing, N B ^d   Herrmann, D ^c   Niemann, H ^c   Lovendahl P ^a   Greve, T ^b   Callesen, H ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

^d Unisense AS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bovine embryo; G6PD; GLUT1; Oxygen; Respiration

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 1; MESSENGER RNA; OXYGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CELL RESPIRATION; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYO CULTURE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CELL RESPIRATION; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER TYPE 1; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALE; OXYGEN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX FACTORS; SEX RATIO;

BOVINAE;

EID: 34250361492     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2007.04.055     Document Type: Article

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