Hamster oocyte membrane potential and ion permeability vary with preantral cumulus cell attachment and developmental stage

BMC Developmental Biology

Volumn 1, Issue , 2001, Pages 1-6

  Emery, Benjamin R ^a   Miller, Raymond L ^a,b   Carrell, Douglas T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL MATURATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUMULUS OOPHORUS; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; HAMSTER; ION PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; METAPHASE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 3042733118     PISSN: 1471213X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-213X-1-14     Document Type: Article

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