Comparison between the temperatures of intracellular ice formation in fresh mouse oocytes and embryos and those previously subjected to a vitrification procedure

Cryobiology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 155-157

  Seki, Shinsuke ^a   Mazur, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryo; Intracellular ice; Mouse; Oocyte; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; FEMALE; FREEZE THAWING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; MORULA; MOUSE; MOUSE EMBRYO; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; VITRIFICATION;

ANIMALS; COLD TEMPERATURE; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; FREEZING; ICE; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; MICE; OOCYTES; PHASE TRANSITION;

EID: 77953841919     PISSN: 00112240     EISSN: 10902392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2010.03.009     Document Type: Article

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