Effects of amphotericin B and ketoconazole on mouse oocyte maturation: Implications on the role of meiosis-activating sterol

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 164, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 191-196

  Lu, Zhongxian ^a   Xia, Guoliang ^a   Byskov, Anne Grete ^b   Andersen, Claus Yding ^b  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Amphotericin B; FSH; Ketoconazole; Meiosis activating sterol (MAS); Mouse oocyte meiosis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; FOLLITROPIN; KETOCONAZOLE; STEROL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROIDOGENESIS;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; KETOCONAZOLE; MEIOSIS; MICE; OOCYTES; STEROLS;

EID: 0034690994     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-7207(00)00223-9     Document Type: Article

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