Oocyte maturation: The coming of age of a germ cell

Seminars in Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 234-241

  Jamnongjit, Michelle ^a   Hammes, Stephen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Maturation; Nongenomic; Oocyte; Ovary; Steroids

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; AMPHIREGULIN; CYCLIC AMP; EPIREGULIN; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; GROWTH FACTOR; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NUCLEOTIDE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; PROGESTERONE; STEROL; TESTOSTERONE;

CELL CYCLE; CELL MATURATION; FEMALE FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; GAP JUNCTION; GERM CELL; HUMAN; MEIOSIS; METAPHASE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION; PROPHASE; REVIEW; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GERM CELLS; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HORMONES; HUMANS; MEIOSIS; OOCYTES; OOGENESIS; OVARIAN DISEASES; OVARY;

EID: 23844432614     PISSN: 15268004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-872451     Document Type: Review

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