Effects of cysteine during in vitro maturation of porcine oocytes under low oxygen tension on their subsequent in vitro fertilization and development

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 594-598

  Viet Linh, Nguyen ^a,c,d   Dang Nguyen, Thanh Quang ^a,b,c   Nguyen, Bui Xuan ^c   Manabe, Noboru ^d   Nagai, Takashi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LIVESTOCK AND GRASSLAND SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

In vitro fertilization; In vitro maturation; Porcine

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CYSTEINE; GLUTATHIONE; MERCAPTOETHANOL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL HYPOXIA; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; SWINE; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BLASTOCYST; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL HYPOXIA; CELLS, CULTURED; CYSTEINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GLUTATHIONE; MALE; MERCAPTOETHANOL; OOCYTES; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SWINE; ZYGOTE;

SUS;

EID: 74349116592     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.09-075H     Document Type: Article

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