Organisation of the cytoskeleton during in vitro maturation of horse oocytes

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 260-269

  Marescalchi, Ombretta ^a   Scali, Valerio ^a  

^a Dipartimento di Biologia Evoluzionistica Sperimentale   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Equine; Meiotic maturation; Microfilaments; Microtubules; Oocyte

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIVISION; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME CONDENSATION; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HORSE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; MEIOSIS; MICROFILAMENT; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; CYTOSKELETON; FEMALE; HORSES; MICROFILAMENTS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROTUBULES; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; OOCYTES;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0034843143     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.1086     Document Type: Article

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