Maintenance of the meiotic spindle during vitrification in human and mouse oocytes

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 692-700

  Larman, Mark G ^a   Minasi, M G ^b   Rienzi, L ^b   Gardner, D K ^a,c  

^a National Foundation for Fertility Research   (United States)

^b EUROPEAN HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Human; Mouse; Oocyte; Spindle; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DEPOLYMERIZATION; FERTILIZATION; FREEZE THAWING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICROSCOPY; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS SPINDLE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SIBLING; VITRIFICATION; WARMING;

EID: 37349044284     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60537-8     Document Type: Article

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