Effects of slow freezing procedure on late blastocyst gene expression and survival rate in rabbit

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Saenz de Juano, Maria Desemparats ^a   Marco Jiménez, Francisco ^a   Peñaranda, David S ^a   Joly, Thierry ^b   Vicente, José S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Cryobiology; Gene expression; Preimplantation embryo

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; BLASTOCYST; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FREEZING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCEDURES; RABBIT; SLOW FREEZING PROCEDURE; SURVIVAL RATE; UPREGULATION;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BIRTH RATE; BLASTOCYST; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FREEZING; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GESTATIONAL AGE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; RABBITS;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 84869487002     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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