The thiol reagent, thimerosal, irreversibly inhibits meiosis reinitiation in mouse oocyte when applied during a very early and narrow temporal window: A pharmacological analysis

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 454-461

  Alexandre, H ^a   Delsinne, V ^a   Goval, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Maturation; Mouse oocytes; Thimerosal

Indexed keywords

DITHIOTHREITOL; MERCURY; OKADAIC ACID; PROTEIN KINASE; THIOL DERIVATIVE; THIOMERSAL; THIOSALICYLIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GERMINAL VESICLE; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; DITHIOTHREITOL; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; MEIOSIS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; OOCYTES; OOGENESIS; SALICYLIC ACIDS; THIMEROSAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0038495744     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.10319     Document Type: Article

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