Involvement of the cytoskeleton in the movement of cortical granules during oocyte maturation, and cortical granule anchoring in mouse eggs

Developmental Biology

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 103-115

  Connors, Stephanie A ^a   Kanatsu Shinohara, Mito ^a   Schultz, Richard M ^a   Kopf, Gregory S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortical granule; Cortical granule free domain; Egg; Exocytosis; Microfilaments; Microtubules; Mouse; Oocyte

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE; NOCODAZOLE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CYTOSKELETON; EXOCYTOSIS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GRANULE CELL; METAPHASE; MICROFILAMENT; MICROTUBULE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; POLYSPERMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; SPINDLE CELL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032145734     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1998.8945     Document Type: Article

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