Cryopreservation for bovine embryos in serum-free freezing medium containing silk protein sericin

Cryobiology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 184-187

  Isobe, Tomohiro ^a,b   Ikebata, Yoshihisa ^b   Onitsuka, Takeshi ^b   Do, Lanh Thi Kim ^a   Sato, Yoko ^a   Taniguchi, Masayasu ^a   Otoi, Takeshige ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Cattle Breeding Development Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bovine embryo; Direct transfer; Serum free medium; Silk protein sericin

Indexed keywords

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; SERICIN;

ANIMAL EMBRYO; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FETAL BOVINE SERUM; FREEZE THAWING; FREEZING; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; SURVIVAL; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE;

BOVINE EMBRYO; DIRECT TRANSFER; SERUM-FREE MEDIUM; SILK PROTEIN SERICIN;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; CULTURE MEDIA, SERUM-FREE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; PREGNANCY; SERICINS;

EID: 84883553620     PISSN: 00112240     EISSN: 10902392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2013.06.010     Document Type: Article

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