The utility of Brilliant Cresyl Blue (BCB) staining of mammalian oocytes used for in vitro embryo production (IVP)

Reproductive Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 177-183

  Opiela, Jolanta ^a   Kitska Ksiizkiewicz, Lucyna ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PRODUCTION   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RZESZÓW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Brilliant Cresyl Blue (BCB); Cattle; Goat; Oocyte; Pig; Sheep

Indexed keywords

BOS; CAPRA HIRCUS; MAMMALIA; OVIS ARIES; SUIDAE;

BRILLIANT CRESYL BLUE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; OXAZINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRILLIANT CRESYL BLUE (BCB); CATTLE; CELL NUCLEUS TRANSPLANTATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENETICS; GOAT; INFERTILITY THERAPY; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; SHEEP; STAINING; SWINE;

BRILLIANT CRESYL BLUE (BCB); CATTLE; GOAT; OOCYTE; PIG; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CATTLE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GOATS; NUCLEAR TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; OOCYTES; OXAZINES; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SHEEP; STAINING AND LABELING; SWINE;

EID: 84883501169     PISSN: 1642431X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.repbio.2013.07.004     Document Type: Review

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