Composition of protein supplements used for human embryo culture

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1703-1711

  Morbeck, Dean E ^a   Paczkowski, Melissa ^b   Fredrickson, Jolene R ^a   Krisher, Rebecca L ^b   Hoff, Heather S ^a   Baumann, Nikola A ^a   Moyer, Thomas ^a   Matern, Dietrich ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b National Foundation for Fertility Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Albumin; Embryo culture; Mouse embryo assay; Protein; Quality control

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; AMINO ACID; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 15; CALCIUM; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CHLORIDE; CHROMIUM; CITRIC ACID; COBALT; COPPER; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; GLUCOSE REGULATED PROTEIN 78; HUMAN SERUM ALBUMIN; ION; IRON; LACTIC ACID; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; METAL; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; OCTANOIC ACID; OXYGEN; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN; PYRUVIC ACID; RECOMBINANT HUMAN SERUM ALBUMIN; SELENIUM; SODIUM; VANADIUM; ZINC; CULTURE MEDIUM; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EFFECTS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CULTURE MEDIA; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; IONS; METALS; MICE; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SERUM ALBUMIN;

EID: 84914692162     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: 15737330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-014-0349-2     Document Type: Article

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