Successful piglet production in a chemically defined system for in-vitro production of porcine embryos: Dibutyryl cyclic amp and epidermal growth factor-family peptides support in-vitro maturation of oocytes in the absence of gonadotropins

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 446-453

  Akaki, Yuka ^a   Yoshioka, Koji ^b   Noguchi, Michiko ^b   Hoshi, Hiroyoshi ^c   Funahashi, Hiroaki ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c Res Inst for the Funct Peptides   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cyclic AMP (cAMP); Epidermal growth factor (EGF); In vitro maturation; Oocyte; Pig

Indexed keywords

AMPHIREGULIN; BUCLADESINE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; GLYCOPROTEIN; GONADOTROPIN; PEPTIDE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MEIOSIS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; OOCYTE; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; BUCLADESINE; CULTURE MEDIA; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GLYCOPROTEINS; GONADOTROPINS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MEIOSIS; OOCYTES; PEPTIDES; SWINE;

SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 70349669486     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.20219     Document Type: Article

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