Side-by-side comparison of five commercial media systems in a mouse model: Suboptimal in vitro culture interferes with imprint maintenance

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 938-950

  Market Velker, B A ^a,b   Fernandes, A D ^c   Mann, Mellissa R W ^a,b  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assisted reproductive technology; Blastocysts; DNA methylation; Early development; Embryo culture; Gene regulation; Genomic imprinting; Superovulation

Indexed keywords

RNA H19; SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN N; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENOME IMPRINTING; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATERNALLY EXPRESSED GENE 3; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPEROVULATION;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA METHYLATION; ECTOGENESIS; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; KRUPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; SNRNP CORE PROTEINS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SUPEROVULATION;

EID: 78649963208     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.110.085480     Document Type: Article

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