Acquisition of meiotic competence is related to the functionality of the phosphoinositide/calcium signaling pathway in the mouse oocyte

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 236, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 193-200

  Lefèvre, Brigitte ^b   Nagyova, Eva ^a   Pesty, Arlette ^b   Testart, Jacques ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^b Inst Natl de la Sante et de la R   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; THAPSIGARGIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL GROWTH; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031563778     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/excr.1997.3720     Document Type: Article

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