Relationship between group II caspase activity of bovine preimplantation embryos and capacity for hatching

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 217-220

  Jousan, Frank Dean ^a,b   De Castro E Paula, Luiz Augusto ^a   Brad, Amber Marie ^a   Roth, Zvi ^a,c   Hansen, Peter James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Bovine; Embryo; Group II caspase; Hatching

Indexed keywords

CASPASE; CASPASE 2; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 7;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BLASTOCYST; CASPASE 2; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 7; CASPASES; CATTLE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; PREGNANCY; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

BOVINAE;

EID: 46349094730     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.19175     Document Type: Article

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