Ultrastructural characteristics of the follicle cell-oocyte interface in the oogenesis of Ceratophrys cranwelli

Zygote

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 163-173

  Villecco, Evelina I ^a   Genta, Susana B ^a   Sánchez Riera, Alicia N ^a   Sánchez, Sara S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

^b Instituto Superior de Investigaciones Biologicas   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Follicle; Interaction; Interface; Oogenesis

Indexed keywords

ISOQUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; LUCIFER YELLOW;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL JUNCTION; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FROGS AND TOADS; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANURA; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CELL COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; ISOQUINOLINES; OOCYTES; OOGENESIS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY;

EID: 0036580254     PISSN: 09671994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0967199402002228     Document Type: Article

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