Quantification and distribution of equine oocyte cortical granules during meiotic maturation and after activation

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 451-458

  Carneiro, Gustavo F ^a,c   Liu, Irwin K M ^a   Hyde, Dallas ^a   Anderson, Gary B ^a   Lorenzo, Pedro L ^b   Ball, Barry A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Activation; Cytoplasmic maturation; Cytoskeleton; Equine; Oocyte

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CYTOSKELETON; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GAMETE; GRANULE CELL; HORSE; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE CORTEX; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; HORSES; MEIOSIS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; OOCYTES; TIME FACTORS;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; LENS CULINARIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0036888023     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.10198     Document Type: Article

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