Effect of sperm immobilisation and demembranation on the oocyte activation rate in the mouse

Zygote

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 187-193

  Kasai, T ^a,b   Hoshi, K ^b   Yanagimachi, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fertilisation; Human; Intracytoplasmic sperm injection; Mouse; Oocyte activation

Indexed keywords

OCTOXINOL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; OOCYTE; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; OCTOXYNOL; OOCYTES; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0033176786     PISSN: 09671994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0967199499000568     Document Type: Article

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