Cortical actin cytoskeleton in human oocytes: A comparison with mouse oocytes

Scripta Medica Facultatis Medicae Universitatis Brunensis Masarykianae

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 265-272

  Veselka R ^a   Janisch, R ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Cortical cytoskeleton; F actin; Human and mouse oocytes; Microfilaments

Indexed keywords

F ACTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MANIPULATION; CELL SHAPE; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MAMMAL; MICROFILAMENT; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; OOCYTE MATURATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0035715662     PISSN: 12113395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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