Development and quality of bovine morulae cultured in serum-free medium with specific retinoid receptor agonists

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 884-891

  Gómez, Enrique ^a   Rodríguez, Aida ^a   Muñoz, Marta ^a   Caamaño, José Néstor ^a   Carrocera, Susana ^a   Martín, David ^a   Facal, Nieves ^a   Díez, Carmen ^a  

^a Área de Cultivos Hortofrutícolas y Forestales   (Spain)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cell counts; In vitro produced embryos; Open pulled straw

Indexed keywords

6 [1 (5,6,7,8 TETRAHYDRO 3,5,5,8,8 PENTAMETHYL 2 NAPHTHYL)CYCLOPROPYL]NICOTINIC ACID; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR AGONIST; RETINOID; RETINOID X RECEPTOR; RETINOID X RECEPTOR AGONIST; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BLASTOCYST; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; IN VITRO STUDY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INNER CELL MASS; MORULA; NONHUMAN; OPEN PULLED STRAW METHOD; VITRIFICATION; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CULTURE MEDIA, SERUM-FREE; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; MORULA; NICOTINIC ACIDS; RETINOID X RECEPTORS; TETRAHYDRONAPHTHALENES; TRETINOIN;

ATRA; BOVINAE;

EID: 54349088309     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD08103     Document Type: Article

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