The zona pellucida in folliculogenesis, fertilization and early development

Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 19-26

  Zhao, Ming ^a   Dean, Jurrien ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Egg coat; Fertilization; Folliculogenesis; Mouse oocytes; Preimplantation development; Zona pellucida matrix

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; POLYSPERMY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALS; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PREGNANCY; PROTEINS; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0036291694     PISSN: 13899155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1012744617241     Document Type: Review

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