Nuclear maturation inducers in Bufo arenarum oocytes

Zygote

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 353-359

  Ramos, Inés ^a,b   Cisint, Susana ^a   Crespo, Claudia ^a   Medina, Marcela F ^a   Fernández, Silvia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

^b NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Dihydrotestosterone; Insulin; Nuclear maturation; Oocyte

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; BUFO ARENARUM; MAMMALIA;

ANDROSTANOLONE; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; INSULIN; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; MEIOSIS; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; TOAD;

ANIMAL; BUFO ARENARUM; CELL NUCLEUS; FEMALE; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; MEIOSIS; OOCYTES; OOGENESIS; PROGESTERONE; STANOLONE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0035512438     PISSN: 09671994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0967199401001411     Document Type: Article

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