A combination of calcium ionophore and puromycin effectively produces human parthenogenones with one haploid pronucleus

Zygote

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 83-88

  Nakagawa, Koji ^a,b   Yamano, Shuji ^a,b   Nakasaka, Hisayo ^a,b   Hinokio, Kenji ^a,b   Yoshizawa, Midori ^b   Aono, Toshihiro ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Calcium ionophore A23187; Haploid pronucleus; Human parthenogenones; Oocyte activation; Puromycin

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CALCIMYCIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; IONOPHORE; N(6),N(6) DIMETHYLADENINE; N(6),N(6)-DIMETHYLADENINE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITOR; PUROMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL CULTURE; CELL NUCLEUS; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENETICS; HAPLOIDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CHROMOSOME; OOCYTE; PARTHENOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADENINE; ADULT; BLASTOCYST; CALCIMYCIN; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HAPLOIDY; HUMANS; IONOPHORES; OOCYTES; PARTHENOGENESIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; PUROMYCIN;

EID: 0035257040     PISSN: 09671994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0967199401001083     Document Type: Article

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