Spindle assembly in the absence of chromosomes in mouse oocytes

Reproduction

Volumn 134, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 731-738

  Yang, Ji Wen ^a,b   Lei, Zi Li ^a,b   Miao, Yi Liang ^a,b   Huang, Jun Cheng ^a,b   Shi, Li Hong ^a,b   OuYang, Ying Chun ^a   Sun, Qing Yuan ^a   Chen, Da Yuan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; GAMMA TUBULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; GERMINAL VESICLE; IN VITRO STUDY; MEIOSIS; METAPHASE; MICROMANIPULATION; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE MATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPINDLE POLE BODY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOMES, MAMMALIAN; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; MEIOSIS; METAPHASE; MICE; MICROMANIPULATION; MICROTUBULE-ORGANIZING CENTER; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; OOCYTES; STAINING AND LABELING; TUBULIN;

EID: 37549037429     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-07-0149     Document Type: Article

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