Presence of a 31-kD protein band in human cumulus-corona radiata-conditioned media and pregnancy outcome

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 966-972

  Cecconi, Sandra ^a   Rossi, Gianna ^a   Gualtieri, Roberto ^b   Talevi, Riccardo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cumulus corona cells; Morphological analysis; Pregnancy outcome; SDS PAGE

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN 31; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CUMULUS OOPHORUS; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OOCYTE; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0035033130     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(01)01754-X     Document Type: Article

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