Actin filament distribution in blocked and developing pig embryos

Zygote

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 353-358

  Wang, Wei Hua ^a,b   Abeydeera, Lalantha R ^a   Prather, Randall S ^a   Day, Billy N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryo development; Microfilaments; Pig

Indexed keywords

ACTIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIVISION; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOLOGY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MICROFILAMENT; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SWINE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ZYGOTE;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; CULTURE MEDIA; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MICROFILAMENTS; OOCYTES; SWINE; ZYGOTE;

EID: 0034329646     PISSN: 09671994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0967199400001143     Document Type: Article

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