Detrimental effects of microgravity on mouse preimplantation development in vitro

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Wakayama, Sayaka ^a   Kawahara, Yumi ^b   Li, Chong ^a,c   Yamagata, Kazuo ^a   Yuge, Louis ^b   Wakayama, Teruhiko ^a,c  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KWANSEI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; BLASTOCYST; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MICROGRAVITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; POLARIZATION; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; SPERMATOZOON; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ZYGOTE; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL POLARITY; DBA MOUSE; PREGNANCY; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; ECHINOIDEA; MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POLARITY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; PREGNANCY; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 69849110382     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006753     Document Type: Article

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