Oxygen tension and medium type actions on blastocyst development and interferon-tau secretion in cattle

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 111, Issue 2-4, 2009, Pages 173-188

  Rodina, Teresa M ^a   Cooke, Flavia N T ^a   Hansen, Peter J ^a   Ealy, Alan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryo; Gene expression; Placenta; Ruminant; Trophectoderm

Indexed keywords

INTERFERON; OXYGEN; PLACENTA PROTEIN; TROPHOBLAST PROTEIN 1;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; CELL SURVIVAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYO CULTURE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NICK END LABELING; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SECRETION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; CELL SURVIVAL; CULTURE MEDIA; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; INTERFERON TYPE I; MALE; OXYGEN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY PROTEINS;

BOS; BOVIDAE;

EID: 59149087101     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2008.02.014     Document Type: Article

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