Normal oxygen atmosphere is essential for the solitary long-term culture of early preantral mouse follicles

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 466-475

  Smitz, Johan ^a   Cortvrindt, Rita ^a   Van Steirteghem, André C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUVAIN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Granulosa cell; Oocyte; Ovary

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; FEMALE; GERMINAL VESICLE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OXYGEN TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; FEMALE; MALE; MEIOSIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED CBA; OOCYTES; OVARY; OVULATION; OXYGEN; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029906002     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199612)45:4<466::AID-MRD9>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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