Glutamine and the maintenance of meiotic arrest in mouse oocytes: Influence of culture medium, glucose, and cumulus cells

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 90-97

  Downs, Stephen M ^a   Verhoeven, Amelia ^a  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acids; DbcAMP; FSH; Hypoxanthine; Purine synthesis

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; FOLLITROPIN; GLUTAMINE; HYPOXANTHINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CUMULUS OOPHORUS; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE MATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURINE SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMINE; MEIOSIS; MICE; OOCYTES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PURINES;

CICONIIFORMES;

EID: 0043269892     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.10326     Document Type: Article

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