Cryopreservation of porcine oocytes: Recent advances

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 279-285

  Zhou, Guang Bin ^a,b   Li, Ning ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SICHUAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cryoinjury; Cryopreservation; Cryoprotectant; Porcine oocytes; Taxol

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHALASIN B; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; PACLITAXEL; RUTHENIUM RED; STABILIZING AGENT; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; LIPID; TUBULIN MODULATOR;

ANALYTIC METHOD; CELL DAMAGE; CELL GRANULE; CELL MATURATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SURVIVAL; COLD INJURY; COLD TOLERANCE; COOLING; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTION; FREEZE THAWING; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; LIPID DEGRADATION; MICROFILAMENT; MICROTUBULE; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINDLE CELL; SWINE; VITRIFICATION; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

SUIDAE; SUS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; CYTOCHALASIN B; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; FEMALE; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; LIPIDS; OOCYTES; PACLITAXEL; SWINE; TUBULIN MODULATORS;

EID: 64549151565     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gap016     Document Type: Review

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