Simplified technique for differential staining of inner cell mass and trophectoderm cells of mouse and bovine blastocysts

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 25-29

  Thouas, G A ^a   Korfiatis, N A ^a   French, A J ^a   Jones, G M ^a   Trounson, A O ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

blastocyst; embryo; inner cell mass; trophectoderm

Indexed keywords

FLUOROCHROME; PROPIDIUM IODIDE; TRITON X 100;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; BOVINE MODEL; CELL CLONING; CELL COUNT; CELL MATURATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IN VITRO STUDY; INNER CELL MASS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROCEDURES CONCERNING CELLS; STAINING; TROPHOBLAST; ULTRAVIOLET MICROSCOPY;

EID: 85006307269     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)61960-8     Document Type: Article

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