Effect of chemically defined culture medium supplemented with β-mercaptoethanol and amino acids on implantation and development of different stage in vivo- or in vitro-derived mouse embryos

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 52-59

  Bagis, H ^a   Odaman Mercan, H ^a  

^a SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF TURKEY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

mercaptoethanol; Amino acids; Early preimplantation development; Embryo; Mouse

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; MERCAPTOETHANOL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BLASTOCYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FETUS GROWTH; HATCHING; INNER CELL MASS; MOUSE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPPLEMENTATION;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; CULTURE MEDIA; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; MERCAPTOETHANOL; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PREGNANCY;

ILEX COOKII;

EID: 3543069461     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20120     Document Type: Article

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