Plasma membrane and cytocortex alterations in frozen/thawed mouse embryos deprived of the zona pellucida

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 280, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 38-44

  Marti M ^a   Grossmann, M ^a   Santalo J ^a   Egozcue, J ^a   Ponsa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; MICROVILLUS; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; TIME; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BLASTOMERES; CELL MEMBRANE; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; FEMALE; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROVILLI; PREGNANCY; TIME FACTORS; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031983248     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19980101)280:1<38::AID-JEZ5>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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