Computer-aided meiotic maturation assay (CAMMA) of zebrafish (Danio rerio) oocytes in vitro

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 97-107

  Lessman, Charles A ^a   Nathani, Ravikanth ^a   Uddin, Rafique ^b   Walker, Jamie ^a   Liu, Jianxiong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b LeMoyne Owen College   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated imaging; Cyclin; ImageJ; Meiosis; Scanner; Yolk

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN B1; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; YOLK PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; BLASTOCYST; BLASTODISK; CELL ASSAY; COMPUTER AIDED MEIOTIC MATURATION ASSAY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; CYTOPLASM; DANIO RERIO; DEVICE; DIGITAL IMAGING; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; EGG YOLK; EMBRYO POLARITY; FEMALE; GERMINAL VESICLE; GERMINAL VESICLE DISSOLUTION; GERMINAL VESICLE MIGRATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING; IMAGING SYSTEM; IN VITRO STUDY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION STORAGE; LIGHT; MALE; MEIOSIS; MICROSCOPE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OOCYTE MATURATION; OPTICAL DENSITY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SAMPLE SIZE; TIME; TRANSPARENCY SCANNER; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MEIOSIS; OOCYTES; TISSUE ARRAY ANALYSIS; ZEBRAFISH;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO;

EID: 33751572884     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: 10982795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20530     Document Type: Article

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