Mito-TEMPO improves development competence by reducing superoxide in preimplantation porcine embryos

Seul-Gi Yang1, Hyo-Jin Park1, Jin-Woo Kim1

  • 1Department of Biotechnology, College of Engineering, Daegu University, 201 Daegudae-ro, Jillyang, Gyeongsan, Gyeongbuk, 38453, Republic of Korea.

Scientific Reports
|July 6, 2018
PubMed

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