Oxygen affects the ability of mouse blastocysts to regulate ammonium

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Wale, Petra L ^a   Gardner, David K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Ammonium; Blastocyst; Culture; Early development; Embryo; In vitro fertilization; Metabolism; Oxygen concentration; Viability

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMMONIA; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMINE; METHIONINE SULFOXIMINE; OXYGEN;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; EMBRYO CULTURE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TRANSAMINATION;

AMINO ACIDS; AMMONIUM; BLASTOCYST; CULTURE; EARLY DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO; IN VITRO FERTILIZATION; METABOLISM; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; VIABILITY;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; AMMONIA; ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CELLS, CULTURED; CULTURE MEDIA; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED CBA; OXYGEN;

EID: 84880517316     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.113.109256     Document Type: Article

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