Nuclear transfer and oocyte cryopreservation

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-44

  Chang, Ching Chien ^a,b   Sung, Li Ying ^b   Amano, Tomokazu ^b   Tian, X Cindy ^b   Yang, Xiangzhong ^b   Nagy, Zsolt Peter ^a  

^a REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloning; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CELL NUCLEUS TRANSPLANTATION; CELL REGENERATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PREGNANCY; SOMATIC CELL; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; CRYOPRESERVATION; HUMANS; NUCLEAR TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; OOCYTES; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE;

EID: 57649098174     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD08218     Document Type: Conference Paper

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