Presence of cleaved caspase 3 in swine embryos of different developmental capacities produced by parthenogenetic activation

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 673-683

  Coutinho, Ana Rita S ^a,b   Assumpção, Mayra E O ^a   Bordignon, Vilceu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZYLOXYCARBONYLASPARTYLGLUTAMYLVALYLASPARTYL FLUOROMETHYL KETONE; CASPASE 3;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL DIVISION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PARTHENOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CASPASE 3; CELL NUCLEUS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PARTHENOGENESIS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SWINE;

SUIDAE;

EID: 80052697883     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: 10982795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.21368     Document Type: Article

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