The implications of a paternally derived centrosome during human fertilization: Consequences for reproduction and the treatment of male factor infertility

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 39-49

  Navara, Christopher S ^a   Hewitson, Laura C ^a   Simerly, Calvin R ^a   Sutovsky, Peter ^a   Schatten, Gerald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Centrosome; ICSI; Microtubules male factor infertility; Oocyte; Sperm

Indexed keywords

CENTRIN; TUBULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CENTROSOME; CHROMOSOME; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LETHALITY; MALE INFERTILITY; MEIOSIS; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRONUCLEUS; REPRODUCTION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ZYGOTE;

EID: 0031039422     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.1997.tb00191.x     Document Type: Article

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