Complete activation of porcine oocytes induced by the sulfhydryl reagent, thimerosal

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1123-1127

  Macháty, Zoltán ^a   Wang, Wei Hua ^a   Day, Billy N ^a   Prather, Randall S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DITHIOTHREITOL; THIOL REAGENT; THIOMERSAL; TUBULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL ACTIVATION; EXOCYTOSIS; INNER CELL MASS; METAPHASE; MITOSIS SPINDLE; MORULA; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVIDUCT; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRONUCLEUS; SWINE; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CELL NUCLEUS; DITHIOTHREITOL; FEMALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; OOCYTES; SULFHYDRYL REAGENTS; SWINE; THIMEROSAL;

ANIMALIA; ILEX COOKII; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0030862402     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod57.5.1123     Document Type: Article

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