Biochemical and cellular insights into the temporal window of normal fertilization

Theriogenology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 53-65

  Ducibella, T ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; Cell cycle; Egg oocyte; Fertilization; Zona pellucida, cortical granules

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL CYCLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; GAMETE; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MALE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE MATURATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MALE; MAMMALS; OOCYTES; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031942785     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(97)00402-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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