Comparison of gene expression in fresh and frozen-thawed human preimplantation embryos

Reproduction

Volumn 144, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 569-582

  Shaw, Lisa ^a   Sneddon, Sharon F ^a,b   Brison, Daniel R ^a,b   Kimber, Susan J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; FREEZE THAWING; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BLASTOCYST; CRYOPRESERVATION; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE EXPRESSION; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84868350367     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-12-0047     Document Type: Article

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