Cumulus expansion initiates physical and developmental autonomy of the oocyte

Zygote

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 335-341

  Larsen, William J ^a   Chen, Lin ^a   Powers, Robert ^a   Zhang, Hong ^a   Russell, Paul T ^b   Chambers, Carolyn ^c   Hess, Karla ^a   Flick, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHRIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBULIN; EPITOPE; HYALURONIC ACID; INTER ALPHA INHIBITOR; INTER-ALPHA-INHIBITOR; PRE ALPHA TRYPSIN INHIBITOR; PRE-ALPHA-TRYPSIN INHIBITOR; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; SERIC GONADOTROPIN; TRYPSIN INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CELL JUNCTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURE MEDIUM; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOUSE; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; OVULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ALPHA-GLOBULINS; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELLS, CULTURED; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; EPITOPES; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR FLUID; GAP JUNCTIONS; GONADOTROPINS, EQUINE; HYALURONIC ACID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; OOCYTES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVULATION; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; TRYPSIN INHIBITORS;

EID: 0030275509     PISSN: 09671994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S096719940000335X     Document Type: Article

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