Maternal gamma (γ)-tubulin is involved in microtubule reorganization during bovine fertilization and parthenogenesis

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 438-445

  Shin, Mi ra ^a   Kim, Nam hyung ^a  

^a Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

tubulin; Centrosome; Fertilization; Microtubules; Parthenogenesis

Indexed keywords

GAMMA TUBULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CENTROSOME; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; METAPHASE; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PARTHENOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATTLE; CENTROSOME; FERTILIZATION; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROTUBULES; PARTHENOGENESIS; TIME FACTORS; TUBULIN; ZYGOTE;

BOVINAE;

EID: 0037377304     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.10280     Document Type: Article

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