Male pronuclear formation in denuded porcine oocytes after in vitro maturation in the presence of cysteamine

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 828-833

  Yamauchi, N ^a,b   Nagai, T ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR TOHOKU REGION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE; HISTONE H1; MERCAPTAMINE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; CUMULUS OOPHORUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRONUCLEUS; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CA(2+)-CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLS, CULTURED; CULTURE MEDIA; CYSTEAMINE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLICULAR FLUID; GLUTATHIONE; MALE; MEIOSIS; OOCYTES; PROTEIN KINASES; SPERMATOZOA; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0032799936     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod61.3.828     Document Type: Article

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