Disruption of the endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene affects ovulation, fertilization and early embryo survival in a knockout mouse model

Reproduction

Volumn 136, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 573-579

  Pallares, Pilar ^a   Garcia Fernandez, Rosa A ^b   Criado, Luis M ^a   Letelier, Claudia A ^c,d   Esteban, David ^a   Fernandez Toro, Jose M ^a   Flores, Juana M ^b   Gonzalez Bulnes, Antonio ^c  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CARDIOVASCULARES CNIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c INIA   (Spain)

^d Instituto de Ciencia Animal y Tecnologia de Carnes   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOVULATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEATH; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; WILD TYPE; ZYGOTE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FETAL DEATH; GESTATIONAL AGE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; OVULATION; PREGNANCY;

MUS;

EID: 56749183832     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-08-0272     Document Type: Article

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