Effect of vitrification on mitochondrial distribution and membrane potential in mouse two pronuclear (2-PN) embryos

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 76, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1056-1063

  Zhao, Xue Ming ^a,b   Fu, Xiang Wei ^a   Hou, Yun Peng ^a   Yan, Chang Liang ^a   Suo, Lun ^a   Wang, Yan Ping ^a   Zhu, Hua Bin ^b   Dinnyés, Andras ^c   Zhu, Shi En ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^c SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSAY; BLASTOCYST; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOPLASM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MICROTUBULE; MITOCHONDRION; MOUSE; MOUSE EMBRYO; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRONUCLEUS; VITRIFICATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FREEZING; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL, MITOCHONDRIAL; MICE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; MICROTUBULES; MITOCHONDRIA; MORULA;

EID: 70349294460     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: 10982795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.21064     Document Type: Article

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