Cytoplasmic fragmentation in activated eggs occurs in the cytokinetic phase of the cell cycle, in lieu of normal cytokinesis, and in response to cytoskeletal disorder

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 335-344

  Alikani, Mina ^a,b   Schimmel, Tim ^b   Willadsen, Steen M ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Typho Galileo Research Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytokinesis; Cytoplasmic fragmentation; Cytoskeleton; Enucleation; Mitosis

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHALASIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL CYCLE PHASE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINESIS; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETON; DEPLETION; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; INCUBATION TIME; INTERPHASE; MEIOSIS; METAPHASE; MITOSIS; MITOSIS SPINDLE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOCHALASIN B; CYTOKINESIS; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYO; ETHANOL; FEMALE; MEIOSIS; MICE; OOCYTES; ZYGOTE;

EID: 23744512968     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gah171     Document Type: Article

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