Effects of Chilling on Structural Aspects of Early Preantral Mouse Follicles

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1041-1048

  Vanhoutte, Leen ^a,b   Cortvrindt, Rita ^a   Nogueira, Daniela ^a   Smitz, Johan ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Follicular development; Gamete biology; Ovum; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

F ACTIN; TUBULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMATIN; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOTOXICITY; DEPOLYMERIZATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; GAMETE; GRANULOSA CELL; INTERPHASE; MICROTUBULE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIC CELL; WARMING;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; COLD; CYTOCHALASIN D; CYTOSKELETON; FEMALE; MICE; MICROFILAMENTS; MICROTUBULES; NOCODAZOLE; NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; TUBULIN;

ANIMALIA; FALLOPIA;

EID: 1642280092     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.103.020933     Document Type: Article

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