Novel Approach for the Three-Dimensional Culture of Granulosa Cell-Oocyte Complexes

Tissue Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1013-1021

  Pangas, Stephanie A ^a,b   Saudye, Hammad ^c   Shea, Lonnie D ^c   Woodruff, Teresa K ^a,d  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Northwestern University   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; HYDROGEL; IN VITRO STUDY; INFERTILITY; MEIOSIS; MICROVILLUS; MITOCHONDRION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ALGINATES; ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; GLUCURONIC ACID; GRANULOSA CELLS; HEXURONIC ACIDS; HYDROGELS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSPHERES; OOCYTES; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0142125874     PISSN: 10763279     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/107632703322495655     Document Type: Article

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