The distribution and requirements of microtubules and microfilaments in bovine oocytes during in vitro maturation

Zygote

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 25-32

  Kim, Nam Hyung ^a   Cho, Seong Koo ^a   Choi, Seok Hwa ^a   Kim, Eun Young ^a,b   Park, Se Pill ^a,b   Lim, Jin Ho ^a,c  

^a Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

^b Maria Infertility Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Maria Infertility Clinics   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bovine oocytes; Meiotic maturation; Microfilaments; Microtubules

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHALASIN B; NOCODAZOLE; PACLITAXEL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHROMATIN; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IN VITRO STUDY; MEIOSIS; METABOLISM; MICROFILAMENT; MICROTUBULE; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHROMATIN; CYTOCHALASIN B; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; MEIOSIS; MICROFILAMENTS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROTUBULES; NOCODAZOLE; OOCYTES; PACLITAXEL;

EID: 0034136459     PISSN: 09671994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0967199400000794     Document Type: Article

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