DNA strand breaks and phosphatidylserine redistribution in newly ovulated and cultured mouse and human oocytes: Occurrence and relationship to apoptosis

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1317-1324

  Van Blerkom, Jonathan ^a,b   Davis, Patrick W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Reproductive Genetics In Vitro   (United States)

Author keywords

Annexin V; Apoptosis; DNA strand breaks; Human; Mouse; Programmed cell death; TUNEL staining

Indexed keywords

LIPOCORTIN 5; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; METAPHASE CHROMOSOME; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; VASCULARIZATION; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031840011     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.5.1317     Document Type: Article

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