Concentration and composition of free amino acids and osmolalities of porcine oviductal and uterine fluid and their effects on development of porcine IVF embryos

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1228-1235

  Li, Rongfeng ^a   Whitworth, Kristin ^a   Lai, Liangxue ^a   Wax, David ^a   Spate, Lee ^a   Murphy, Clifton N ^a   Rieke, August ^a   Isom, Clay ^a   Hao, Yanhong ^a   Zhong, Zhisheng ^a   Katayama, Mika ^a   Schatten, Heide ^a   Prather, Randall S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryo; In vitro culture; Osmolality; Oviduct

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; ARGININE; ASPARAGINE; ASPARTIC ACID; BETA ALANINE; CITRULLINE; CYSTEINE; CYSTINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; HISTIDINE; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; LYSINE; METHIONINE; ORNITHINE; PHENYLALANINE; PROLINE; SERINE; TAURINE; THREONINE; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE; VALINE;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; OSMOLALITY; OVIDUCT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWINE; UTERINE TUBE FLUID; UTERUS FLUID; VAPOR PRESSURE;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CULTURE MEDIA; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; SWINE; UTERUS;

SUS;

EID: 34547902825     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: 10982795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20682     Document Type: Article

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