Cortical granules reaction after intracytoplasmic sperm injection

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 289-294

  Ghetler, Y ^a   Raz, T ^b   Ben Nun, I ^a   Shalgi, R ^b  

^a MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cortical reaction; Exocytosis; Human oocyte

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; MEIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRONUCLEUS;

CHROMOSOMES; CYTOPLASM; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; LECTINS; MALE; MEIOSIS; MICROINJECTIONS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; OLIGOSPERMIA; OOCYTES; PLANT LECTINS; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA;

LENS CULINARIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031897439     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/4.3.289     Document Type: Article

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