Developmental incompetency of denuded mouse oocytes undergoing maturation in vitro is ooplasmic in nature and is associated with aberrant Oct-4 expression

Human Reproduction

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1958-1968

  Chang, Hung Chi ^a   Liu, Hui ^a   Zhang, John ^a   Grifo, Jamie ^a   Krey, Lewis C ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Denuded oocyte; In vitro maturation; Oct 4; Ooplasm; Pronuclear transfer

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; SERIC GONADOTROPIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; BLASTOMERE; CELL COUNT; CELL NUCLEUS TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUMULUS OOPHORUS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INNER CELL MASS; MORULA; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OOCYTE MATURATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ZYGOTE;

EID: 21644486077     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dei003     Document Type: Article

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