Oocyte-secreted factors enhance oocyte developmental competence

Developmental Biology

Volumn 296, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 514-521

  Hussein, Tamer S ^a   Thompson, Jeremy G ^a   Gilchrist, Robert B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bone morphogenetic proteins; Cumulus oocyte complex; Growth differentiation factors; Oocyte developmental competence; Oocyte secreted factors

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 15; FOLLISTATIN; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 9; GROWTH FACTOR; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BLASTOCYST; CELL COUNT; CELL CULTURE; CELL MATURATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; FERTILIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLAUGHTERHOUSE;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 33746921285     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2006.06.026     Document Type: Article

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