Mouse oocyte differentiation during antral follicle development

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 408-414

  Cecconi, Sandra ^a   Rossi, Gianna ^a   Palmerini, Maria Grazia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antral cavity; Chromatin; Meiotic spindle; Microfilaments; Mitochondria; Oolemma

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANES; CHROMOSOMES; CLOUDS; CYTOLOGY; GRANULATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANTRAL CAVITY; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN ORGANIZATION; CORTICAL GRANULES; FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; GERMINAL VESICLES; MEIOTIC SPINDLE; MICROFILAMENTS; MITOCHONDRIAS; OOLEMMA;

MITOCHONDRIA;

CELL MARKER;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANTRAL CAVITY; ANTRAL FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GRANULE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CORTICAL GRANULE; CUMULUS OOPHORUS; DENUDED OOCYTE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; GERMINAL VESICLE; GRANULOSA CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MEIOSIS; MEIOSIS SPINDLE; MICROFILAMENT; MICROVILLUS; MITOCHONDRION; MITOSIS SPINDLE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 33745017119     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: 10970029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20300     Document Type: Article

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