In vitro development and cell allocation of porcine blastocysts derived by aggregation of in vitro fertilized embryos

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 74, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1436-1445

  Lee, Sang Goo ^a   Park, Chi Hun ^a   Choi, Don Ho ^a   Kim, Hye Sun ^a   Ka, Hak Hyun ^b   Lee, Chang Kyu ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University Wonju   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Cell allocation; Embryo; Gene expression; IVF; Pig

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; MESSENGER RNA; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; PROTEIN BAK; PROTEIN BCL XL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARTHENOGENESIS; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CELL COUNT; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SUS SCROFA;

SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 34748905528     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: 10982795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20728     Document Type: Article

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