The mouse zona pellucida: Folliculogenesis, fertility and pre- implantation development

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 163, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 21-25

  Rankin, Tracy ^a   Soyal, Selma ^a   Dean, Jurrien ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Folliculogenesis; Infertility; Transgenesis; Zona pellucida (mouse); ZP1; ZP2; ZP3

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; PROTEIN ZP1; PROTEIN ZP2; PROTEIN ZP3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL STRUCTURE; EMBRYO; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; GRANULOSA CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0034713153     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-7207(99)00236-1     Document Type: Article

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