Vitrification of calf oocytes: Effects of maturation stage and prematuration treatment on the nuclear and cytoskeletal components of oocytes and their subsequent development

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 239-249

  Albarracín, José Luis ^a   Morató, Roser ^a   Izquierdo, Dolors ^a   Mogas, Teresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

GVBD; Meiotic spindle; Metaphase II; Microfilament; Microtubule; Roscovitine

Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; ROSCOVITINE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOSKELETON; FERTILIZATION; GERMINAL VESICLE; GERMINAL VESICLE BREAKDOWN; MEIOSIS; METAPHASE; MICROFILAMENT; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OOCYTE MATURATION; OPEN PULL STRAW METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; TECHNIQUE; VITRIFICATION;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMOSOMES; CYTOSKELETON; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; OOCYTES; PURINES;

BOVINAE;

EID: 23244465117     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20326     Document Type: Article

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