Cryopreservation of primordial germ cells by rapid cooling of whole zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 212-218

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

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Embryo; Primordial germ cell; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

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

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GERM CELL; METHODOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BUTYLENE GLYCOLS; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; GERM CELLS; GLASS; GLYCEROL; METHANOL; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; ZEBRAFISH;

DANIO RERIO;

EID: 77952603692     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.09-136E     Document Type: Article

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