IVM and gene expression of sheep cumulus - oocyte complexes following different methods of vitrification

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 26-34

  Ebrahimi, Bita ^a   Valojerdi, Mojtaba Rezazadeh ^a,b   Eftekhari Yazdi, Poopak ^b   Baharvand, Hossein ^b,c   Farrokhi, Ali ^b  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ROYAN INSTITUTE FOR REPRODUCTIVE BIOMEDICINE   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND CULTURE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cumulus oocyte complex; Maturation genes; Sheep; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 15; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN RECEPTOR 2; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 9; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR 1;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENTIONAL STRAW; COOLING; CRYOTOP; CUMULUS OOPHORUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; OOCYTE MATURATION; SAFETY; SHEEP; SOLID SURFACE METHOD; VITRIFICATION; WARMING;

EID: 77149152502     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2009.10.020     Document Type: Article

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