Cryopreservation of Spermatozoa from Closed Colonies, and Inbred, Spontaneous Mutant, and Transgenic Strains of Rats

Comparative Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 639-641

  Nakatsukasa, Ena ^a,g   Kashiwazaki, Naomi ^a   Takizawa, Akiko ^a   Shino, Masao ^a   Kitada, Kazuhiro ^b   Serikawa, Tadao ^c   Hakamata, Yoji ^d   Kobayashi, Eiji ^d   Takahashi, Riichi ^e   Ueda, Masatsugu ^e   Nakashima, Tatsuyuki ^f   Nakagata, Naomi ^f  

^a AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e YS New Technology Institute Inc   (Japan)

^f KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g Trans Genic Inc   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LACTOSE; METHYLAMINE; PRESERVATIVE; TRANSFERASE; TROMETAMOL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EGG YOLK; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; FREEZING; MALE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; PH; PROGENY; RAT; SPERMATOZOON; THAWING; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BREEDING; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FETAL VIABILITY; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; LITTER SIZE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RATS, MUTANT STRAINS; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 9144273898     PISSN: 15320820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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