Feasibility of cryopreservation of zebrafish (Danio rerio) primordial germ cells by whole embryo freezing

Japanese Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 119-128

  Higaki, Shogo ^a   Mochizuki, Kentaro ^b   Baba, Hiroko ^a   Akashi, Yuichiro ^a   Yamaha, Etsuro ^b   Katagiri, Seiji ^a   Takahashi, Yoshiyuki ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blastomere; Cryopreservation; Embryo; Primordial germ cell; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

1,3 BUTANEDIOL; 1,3-BUTYLENE GLYCOL; BUTANEDIOL; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; PROPYLENE GLYCOL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; BLASTULA; CELL DIVISION; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOLOGY; GASTRULA; GENETICS; GERM CELL; METHODOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BLASTULA; BUTYLENE GLYCOLS; CELL DIVISION; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; GASTRULA; GERM CELLS; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; ZEBRAFISH;

DANIO RERIO;

EID: 70350362834     PISSN: 00471917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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