Comparison of different cryopreservation techniques: Higher survival and implantation rate of frozen-thawed mouse pronuclear embryos in the presence of beta-mercaptoethanol in post-thaw culture

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Bagis, H ^a,b   Akkoc, T ^b   Taskin, C ^b   Arat, S ^b  

^a ADIYAMAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Institute   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; MERCAPTOETHANOL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; DRUG EFFECT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NIDATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; MERCAPTOETHANOL; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; ZYGOTE INTRAFALLOPIAN TRANSFER;

SUGARCANE STREAK VIRUS;

EID: 78649577124     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2009.01570.x     Document Type: Article

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