The role of nitric oxide in oocyte meiotic maturation and ovulation: Meiotic abnormalities of endothelial nitric oxide synthase knock-out mouse oocytes

Endocrinology

Volumn 139, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2944-2954

  Jablonka Shariff, Albina ^a   Olson, Lisa M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SERIC GONADOTROPIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROIDOGENESIS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

EID: 0031762205     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.139.6.6054     Document Type: Article

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