Timing of gene expression and oolemma localization of mouse α6 and β1 integrin subunits during oogenesis

Developmental Biology

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 27-34

  Zuccotti, Maurizio ^a   Rossi, Paolo Giorgi ^a   Fiorillo, Edgardo ^a   Garagna, Silvia ^a   Forabosco, Antonino ^b   Redi, Carlo A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTEGRIN;

ACROSOME REACTION; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERTILIZATION; GAMETE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MEMBRANE FUSION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE;

EID: 0032146870     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1998.8923     Document Type: Article

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