Active caspase-3 and ultrastructural evidence of apoptosis in spontaneous and induced cell death in bovine in vitro produced pre-implantation embryos

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 74, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 961-971

  Gjørret, Jakob O ^a   Fabian, Dušan ^b   Avery, Birthe ^c   Maddox Hyttel, Poul ^c  

^a AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Slovakia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Apoptotic markers; Caspase activation; Nuclear morphology; TUNEL; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; BLASTOMERE; CELL DEATH; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; DNA DEGRADATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; MORULA; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BLASTOCYST; CASPASE 3; CATTLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLS, CULTURED; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; STAUROSPORINE;

BOVINAE;

EID: 34347333581     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: 10982795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20714     Document Type: Article

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