Epidermal growth factor enhances preimplantation developmental competence of maturing mouse oocytes

Human Reproduction

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 3060-3068

  De La Fuente, Rabindranath ^a   O'Brien, Marilyn J ^a   Eppig, John J ^a  

^a JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

In vitro grown oocyte; Mouse oocytes; Nuclear and cytoplasmic maturation; Preimplantation embryo

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GERMINAL VESICLE; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MEIOSIS; METAPHASE; MOUSE; NIDATION; OOCYTE; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY FOLLICLE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032736806     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/14.12.3060     Document Type: Article

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