The molecular basis of oocyte growth and development

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 145, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 27-37

  Picton, Helen ^a   Briggs, David ^a   Gosden, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Granulosa cell; Meiosis; Oocyte; Oogenesis

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GRANULOSA CELL; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SYNTHESIS; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; GRANULOSA CELLS; HUMANS; MEIOSIS; OOCYTES; OOGENESIS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEINS; RNA; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0032566955     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-7207(98)00166-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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