Oocyte-granulosa cell heterologous gap junctions are required for the coordination of nuclear and cytoplasmic meiotic competence

Developmental Biology

Volumn 226, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 167-179

  Carabatsos, Mary Jo ^a   Sellitto, Caterina ^b   Goodenough, Daniel A ^b   Albertini, David F ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 37; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; OKADAIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTION; GENE DELETION; GRANULOSA CELL; INTERPHASE; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0034668003     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.2000.9863     Document Type: Article

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