Glutathione content and glutathione peroxidase expression in in vivo and in vitro matured equine oocytes

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 658-666

  Luciano, Alberto M ^a   Goudet, Ghylène ^b   Perazzoli, Federica ^a   Lahuec, Cecile ^b   Gérard, Nadine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UMR85 PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DES COMPORTEMENTS   (France)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Cumulus cells; Germinal vesicle; Glutathione; Glutathione peroxidase; Horse; Oocyte

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MERCAPTAMINE; MESSENGER RNA; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; CUMULUS OOPHORUS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION; GERMINAL VESICLE; HORSE; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; METAPHASE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OOCYTE MATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CLEAVAGE STAGE, OVUM; CYSTEAMINE; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HORSES; MEIOSIS; OOCYTES; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RADIATION-PROTECTIVE AGENTS;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; MAMMALIA; OVIS; SUIDAE;

EID: 33645450503     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: 10982795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20469     Document Type: Article

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