Effect of droplet vitrification on development competence, actin cytoskeletal integrity and gene expression in in vitro cultured mouse embryos

Theriogenology

Volumn 71, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1408-1416

  Dhali, A ^a   Anchamparuthy, V M ^a   Butler, S P ^a   Pearson, R E ^a   Mullarky, I K ^a   Gwazdauskas, F C ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin filaments; Embryo; Gene expression; Mouse; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; BCL2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; ONCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN BAX;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH MOUSE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MORULA; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; TISSUE PRESERVATION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ZYGOTE;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; BLASTOCYST; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, P53; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MORULA; PREGNANCY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; TISSUE PRESERVATION; ZYGOTE;

EID: 67349194014     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2009.01.011     Document Type: Article

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