Microtubules and parental genome organisation during abnormal fertilisation in humans

Zygote

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 223-228

  Rnwe, Vanesa Yaninn ^a   Olmedo, Santiago Brugo ^a   Nodar, Florencia Noemí ^a   Vitullo, Alfredo Daniel ^a,b  

^a Centro de Estudios en Ginecologia y Reproduccion Buenos Aires   (Argentina)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y ANTROPOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Abnormal fertilisation; Cytoskeletal organisation; Human zygotes; Microtubules

Indexed keywords

TUBULIN;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENOME; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROTUBULE; PARENT; PARTHENOGENESIS; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PLOIDY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ZYGOTE;

CHROMATIN; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; MICROTUBULES; PARENTS; PARTHENOGENESIS; PLOIDIES; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; TUBULIN; ZYGOTE;

EID: 0036690637     PISSN: 09671994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0967199402002290     Document Type: Article

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