Fertilisation competence of bovine normally matured or aged oocytes derived from different antral follicles: Morphology, protein synthesis, H1 and MBP kinase activity

Zygote

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 235-246

  Pavlok, Antonín ^a   Kaláb, Petr ^a   Bobák, Petr ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Fertilisation; Histone H1 kinase; MBP kinase; Oocyte maturation; Oocyte protein synthesis

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE;

GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3; HISTONE H1 KINASE; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE (CALCIUM,CALMODULIN);

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE EXPRESSION; ISOTOPE LABELING; MALE; MEIOSIS; OOCYTE; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SCINTILLATION COUNTING; SPERMATOZOON; TIME; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; CA(2+)-CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CATTLE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE EXPRESSION; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3; ISOTOPE LABELING; MALE; MEIOSIS; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; OOCYTES; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN KINASES; SCINTILLATION COUNTING; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA; TIME FACTORS; ZYGOTE;

EID: 0031196036     PISSN: 09671994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0967199400003671     Document Type: Article

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