Comparative analysis of calf and cow oocytes during in vitro maturation

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 168-175

  Gandolfi, F ^a,c   Milanesi, E ^a   Pocar, P ^a   Luciano, A M ^a   Brevini, T A L ^a   Acocella, F ^a   Lauria, A ^a   Armstrong, D T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c Ist Anat degli Animali Domestici   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calf; Cumulus oophorus; Metabolism; Oocyte diameter; Protein; Puberty

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; GLUTAMINE; METHIONINE; PROTEIN; PYRUVIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; CUMULUS OOPHORUS; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY FOLLICLE; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

AGING; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL SEPARATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; MEIOSIS; OOCYTES; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031973513     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199802)49:2<168::AID-MRD7>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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