Permeability of the mouse zona pellucida: A structure-staining-correlation model using coloured probes

Journal of Reproduction and Fertility

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 259-265

  Turner, K ^a,b   Horobin, R W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b Sheffield Fertility Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICITY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION; HYDROPHILICITY; LIPOPHILICITY; MOLECULAR PROBE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERMEABILITY; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0031440725     PISSN: 00224251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/jrf.0.1110259     Document Type: Article

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