Direct embryo tagging and identification system by attachment of biofunctionalized polysilicon barcodes to the zona pellucida of mouse embryos

Human Reproduction

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1519-1527

  Novo, Sergi ^a   Penon, Oriol ^b   Barrios, Leonardo ^a   Nogués, Carme ^a   Santaló, Josep ^a   Durán, Sara ^c   Gómez Matínez, Rodrigo ^c   Samitier, Josep ^b,d   Plaza, José Antonio ^c   Pérez García, Luisa ^b   Ibáñez, Elena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE MICROELECTRÓNICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTE FOR BIOENGINEERING OF CATALONIA IBEC   (Spain)

Author keywords

assisted reproductive technologies (ART); biofunctionalization; embryo tagging; mix ups; traceability

Indexed keywords

BIOFUNCTIONALIZED POLYSILICON BARCODE; NANOPARTICLE; SILICONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ; SILICON DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TAGGING; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FREEZE THAWING; IN VITRO STUDY; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; MICROSCOPE; MOUSE; MOUSE EMBRYO; NONHUMAN; TISSUE TYPING; VALIDITY; ZONA PELLUCIDA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION; EVALUATION STUDY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; ANIMALS; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; MICE; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SILICON COMPOUNDS; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 84878307201     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/det083     Document Type: Article

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