Metabolism of the viable mammalian embryo: Quietness revisited

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 667-672

  Leese, Henry J ^a   Baumann, Christoph G ^a   Brison, Daniel R ^b   McEvoy, Tom G ^c   Sturmey, Roger G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; NITRIC OXIDE; OXYGEN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RNA; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

BLASTOMERE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL GROWTH; CELL METABOLISM; CELL STRESS; CELL TYPE; CORE TEMPERATURE; DIAPAUSE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GAMETE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IN VIVO STUDY; INNER CELL MASS; MAMMAL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METABOLIC RATE; MORULA; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; BODY TEMPERATURE; CELL SURVIVAL; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMANS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 58249113941     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gan065     Document Type: Review

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