Metabolism of glucose, pyruvate, and glutamine during the maturation of oocytes derived from pre-pubertal and adult cows

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 92-101

  Steeves, Tracey E ^a   Gardner, D K ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b National Foundation for Fertility Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Calves; Carbohydrates; Glycolysis; Oocyte volume; Oxidation

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; GLUTAMINE; PYRUVIC ACID;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; CELL VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; FEMALE; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032871369     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199909)54:1<92::AID-MRD14>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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