Media composition: Amino acids and cellular homeostasis

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 912, Issue , 2012, Pages 97-106

  Houghton, Franchesca D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Assisted Reproduction; Embryo culture medium; Embryo selection; Homeostasis; IVF; Preimplantation embryo development

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EFFECT; EMBRYO CULTURE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CULTURE MEDIA; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS;

EID: 84864863322     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-971-6_7     Document Type: Article

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