Nucleus structure and transcriptional activity in relation to oocyte diameter in cattle

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 503-512

  Fair, T ^a   Hyttel, P ^a   Greve, T ^a   Boland, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Nucleolus; Oocyte; RNA synthesis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SYNTHESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0029990011     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2795(199604)43:4<503::aid-mrd13>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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