Spindle abnormalities in normally developing and arrested human preimplantation embryos in vitro identified by confocal laser scanning microscopy

Human Reproduction

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 672-682

  Chatzimeletiou, Katerina ^a,d   Morrison, Ewan E ^b   Prapas, Nikos ^c   Prapas, Yannis ^c   Handyside, Alan H ^a,d  

^a London Bridge Fertility   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Iakentro Advanced Medical Centre   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell cycle checkpoints; Confocal laser scanning microscopy; Human preimplantation embryo; Mitotic spindle; Nuclear abnormalities

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; GAMMA TUBULIN;

ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; BLASTOMERE; CELL DIVISION; CELL SHAPE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME LOSS; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUOROCHROME STAINING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INCIDENCE; INTERPHASE; MITOSIS INHIBITION; MITOSIS SPINDLE; MORPHOLOGY; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; SPINDLE CELL; SPINDLE POLE BODY;

EID: 15844399776     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deh652     Document Type: Article

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