Phytohemagglutinin improves efficiency of electrofusing mammary gland epithelial cells into oocytes in goats

Theriogenology

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1165-1171

  Zhang, Y L ^a   Liu, F J ^b   Sun, D Q ^a   Chen, X Q ^a   Zhang, Y ^a   Zheng, Y M ^a   Zhao, M T ^a   Wang, G H ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HENAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Electrofusion; Goat; Mammary gland epithelial cells; Nuclear transfer; Phytohemagglutinin

Indexed keywords

PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CELL FUSION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL NUCLEUS TRANSPLANTATION; CLONING; CYTOLOGY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GOAT; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; UDDER;

ANIMALS; CELL FUSION; CELL NUCLEUS; CLONING, ORGANISM; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; GOATS; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; NUCLEAR TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; OOCYTES; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; PREGNANCY;

CAPRA; CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 42749094477     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2007.10.028     Document Type: Article

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