The perivitelline space-forming capacity of mouse oocytes is associated with meiotic competence

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1043-1052

  Inoue, Azusa ^a   Akiyama, Tomohiko ^a   Nagata, Masao ^a   Aoki, Fugaku ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Meiosis; Mouse; Oocyte; Perivitelline space

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ISOBUTYLMETHYLXANTHINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MEIOSIS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

1-METHYL-3-ISOBUTYLXANTHINE; ACTINS; ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMATIN; FEMALE; MEIOSIS; MICE; OOCYTES; OOGENESIS; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 36049019105     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.19064     Document Type: Article

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