Effects of fetuin on zona pellucida hardening and fertilizability of equine oocytes matured in vitro

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 533-540

  Dell'Aquila, Maria Elena ^a   De Felici, Massimo ^b   Massari, Serafina ^a   Maritato, Filippo ^a   Minoia, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FETUIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HORSE; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HORSES; MALE; MICE; OOCYTES; RATS; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0032789185     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod61.2.533     Document Type: Article

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