An ultrastructural study on the vitellogenesis in the spotted ray Torpedo marmorata

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 171-179

  Prisco, Marina ^a   Romano, Maurizio ^a   Ricchiari, Loredana ^a   Limatola, Ermelinda ^a   Andreuccetti, Piero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Granulosa cells; Oocyte growth; Torpedo marmorata (Rayformes); Vitellogenesis

Indexed keywords

GLYCOGEN; VITELLOGENIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; GLYCOGEN SYNTHESIS; GRANULOSA CELL; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE CORTEX; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORPEDO MARMORATA; TRANSCYTOSIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VITELLOGENESIS;

EID: 0036413882     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6480(02)00542-7     Document Type: Article

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