Glutathione (GSH) concentrations vary with the cell cycle in maturing hamster oocytes, zygotes, and pre-implantation stage embryos

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 106-112

  Zuelke, Kurt A ^a   Jeffay, Susan C ^b   Zucker, Robert M ^b   Perreault, Sally D ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; Glutathione; Hamster; Meiosis; Oocyte maturation

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE; GONADOTROPIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION; GERMINAL VESICLE; MEIOSIS; METAPHASE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZYGOTE; ANIMAL; BLASTOCYST; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HAMSTER; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CELL CYCLE; CRICETINAE; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; OOCYTES; PREGNANCY; ZYGOTE;

EID: 0037211167     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.10214     Document Type: Article

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