Equine cloning: In vitro and in vivo development of aggregated embryos

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 15-

  Gambini, Andrés ^a,b   Jarazo, Javier ^a   Olivera, Ramiro ^a   Salamone, Daniel F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b National Institute of Scientific and Technological Research ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

Embryo aggregation; Equine cloning; Oct 4; Pregnancy; Zona free embryo culture

Indexed keywords

OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BLASTOCYST; CELL COUNT; CELL EXPANSION; CELL VACUOLE; CLONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO AGGREGATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO GROWTH; FEMALE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MARE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CELL AGGREGATION; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; HORSE; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; NEWBORN; PARTHENOGENESIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

EQUIDAE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BLASTOCYST; CELL AGGREGATION; CLONING, ORGANISM; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HORSES; MALE; MICE; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-3; PARTHENOGENESIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

EID: 84869234301     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.112.098855     Document Type: Article

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