Preparation of young preactivated oocytes with high enucleation efficiency for bovine nuclear transfer

Theriogenology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 661-666

  Mohamed Nour, M S ^a   Takahashi, Y ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activation; Bovine oocytes; Enucleation; Nuclear transfer

Indexed keywords

CALCIMYCIN; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; IONOPHORE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CATTLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATIN; DRUG EFFECT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYOLOGY; ENUCLEATION; METAPHASE; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 0033081144     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(99)00004-7     Document Type: Article

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