The influence of cooling on the properties of the zona pellucida of the mouse oocyte

Human Reproduction

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1988, Pages 383-387

  Johnson, Martin H ^a   Pickering, Susan J ^a   George, Martin A ^a  

^a Department of Anatomy ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cooling; Fertilization; Zona hardening; Zona pellucida; Zona reaction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CHYMOTRYPSIN; COLD; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; IN VITRO; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; OOCYTES; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0023942083     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a136712     Document Type: Article

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