The role of aquaporin 3 in the movement of water and cryoprotectants in mouse morulae

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 365-375

  Edashige, Keisuke ^a   Ohta, Satoshi ^a   Tanaka, Mitsunobu ^a   Kuwano, Tatsunaga ^a   Valdez Jr , Delgado M ^a   Hara, Takao ^a   Jin, Bo ^a   Takahashi, Sei Ichi ^a   Seki, Shinsuke ^a   Koshimoto, Chihiro ^b   Kasai, Magosaburo ^a  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Developmental biology; Embryo; Ovum

Indexed keywords

ACETAMIDE; AQUAPORIN 3; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; GLYCEROL; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AQP3 GENE; ARRHENIUS ACTIVATION ENERGY; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DIFFUSION; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE; MORULA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; WATER FLOW; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; AQUAPORIN 3; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MORULA; PREGNANCY; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; SOLUTIONS; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSFECTION; WATER;

EID: 34547424475     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.106.059261     Document Type: Article

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