Mad2 and spindle assembly checkpoint function during meiosis I in mammalian oocytes

Histology and Histopathology

Volumn 21, Issue 7-9, 2006, Pages 873-886

  Homer, Hayden A ^a,b,c  

^a Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CUMBERLAND INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aneuploidy; Homologue disjunction; Mammals; Nosdisjunction; Oocyte maturation

Indexed keywords

NOCODAZOLE; PACLITAXEL; PROTEIN MAD2; PUROMYCIN; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; MAD2 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

AGING; ANEUPLOIDY; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DAUGHTER CELL; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DOWN SYNDROME; GENE MUTATION; MAMMAL CELL; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONDISJUNCTION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE MATURATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENES, CDC; MEIOSIS; MICE; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; OOCYTES;

EID: 33746149212     PISSN: 02133911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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