Activation of porcine oocytes with calcium ionophore: Effects of extracellular calcium

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 99-107

  Wang, Wei Hua ^a   Machaty, Zoltan ^a   Ruddock, Nancy ^a   Abeydeera, Lalantha R ^a   Boquest, Andrew C ^a   Prather, Randall S ^a   Day, Billy N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

A23187; Intracellular calcium; Intracellular pH; Oocyte activation; Pig

Indexed keywords

CALCIMYCIN; CALCIUM; CALCIUM IONOPHORE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL PH; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXOCYTOSIS; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; FERTILIZATION; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE MATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SODIUM TRANSPORT; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CALCIMYCIN; CALCIUM; EXOCYTOSIS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IONOPHORES; OOCYTES; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0032925269     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199905)53:1<99::AID-MRD12>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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