Effects of inhibin A and activin A during in vitro maturation of bovine oocytes in hormone- and serum-free medium

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1559-1564

  Stock, Angelika E ^a   Woodruff, Teresa K ^b   Smith, Lawrence C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HORMONE RESPONSE; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OOCYTE MATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CULTURE MEDIA, SERUM-FREE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBINS; MEIOSIS; OOCYTES; OOGENESIS; PREGNANCY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 0031008561     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod56.6.1559     Document Type: Article

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