In vitro systems for intercepting early embryo-maternal cross-talk in the bovine oviduct

Theriogenology

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 802-816

  Ulbrich, S E ^a   Zitta, K ^b   Hiendleder, S ^c   Wolf, E ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bovine oviduct epithelial cell culture; Female reproduction; Oviduct embryo interaction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CATTLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SEPARATION; COCULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPITHELIUM CELL; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; UTERINE TUBE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SEPARATION; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EPITHELIAL CELLS; ESTROUS CYCLE; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; PREGNANCY;

BOVINAE;

EID: 77649339853     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2009.09.036     Document Type: Review

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