Effects of pre-treating in vitro-matured bovine oocytes with the cytoskeleton stabilizing agent taxol prior to vitrification

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 191-201

  Morató, Roser ^a   Izquierdo, Dolors ^a   Albarracín, José Luis ^a   Anguita, Begoña ^a   Palomo, María Jesús ^a   Jiménez Macedo, Ana Raquel ^a   Paramio, María Teresa ^a   Mogas, Teresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Calf; Cortical granules; Cryopreservation; Meiotic spindle; OPS

Indexed keywords

PACLITAXEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL DAMAGE; CELL GRANULE; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; CRYOPRESERVATION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINDLE CELL; VITRIFICATION; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CLEAVAGE STAGE, OVUM; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; CYTOSKELETON; FEMALE; OOCYTES; PACLITAXEL; TISSUE PRESERVATION; TUBULIN MODULATORS;

BOVINAE;

EID: 36849043222     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: 10982795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20725     Document Type: Article

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