Raman microspectroscopy as a non-invasive tool to assess the vitrification-induced changes of ovine oocyte zona pellucida

Cryobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 267-272

  Bogliolo, Luisa ^a   Ledda, Sergio ^a   Innocenzi, Plinio ^a   Ariu, Federica ^a   Bebbere, Daniela ^a   Rosati, Irma ^a   Leoni, Giovanni Giuseppe ^b   Piccinini, Massimo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b University of Sassari and CR INSTM ^*  (Italy)

^c Porto Conte Ricerche Srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

Oocyte zona pellucida; Raman microspectroscopy; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

ALPHA HELIX; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CELL STRUCTURE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; IN VITRO STUDY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RAMAN MICROSPECTROSCOPY; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SHEEP; VITRIFICATION; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE; ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FEMALE; OOCYTES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEINS; SHEEP; SHEEP, DOMESTIC; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; SUCROSE; VITRIFICATION; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84861235686     PISSN: 00112240     EISSN: 10902392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2012.02.010     Document Type: Article

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