Multiple rearrangements of mitochondrial DNA in unfertilized human oocytes

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1012-1017

  Hsieh, Rong Hong ^a,b   Tsai, Nu Man ^a   Au, Heng Kien ^b   Chang, Shu Ju ^b   Wei, Yau Huei ^c   Tzeng, Chii Ruey ^a,d  

^a Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology   (Taiwan)

^b Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology ^*  (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Embryo; Infertility; mtDNA rearrangement; Oocyte; Tripronucleate

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA STRUCTURE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENDER; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MITOCHONDRION; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 0036260765     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(02)02994-1     Document Type: Article

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