Mature oocytes derived from purified mouse fetal germ cells

Human Reproduction

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 54-61

  Qing, Tingting ^a   Liu, Haisong ^a   Wei, Wei ^a   Ye, Xin ^a   Shen, Wei ^a   Zhang, Donghui ^a   Song, Zhihua ^a   Yang, Weifeng ^a   Ding, Mingxiao ^a   Deng, Hongkui ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fetal germ cell; Folliculogenesis; Mature oocyte; Oogonia; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; COITUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; GERM CELL; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MESONEPHROS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; SOMATIC CELL; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYO (ANATOMY); HETEROTOPIC TRANSPLANTATION; INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH MOUSE; OOCYTE; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPLANTATION;

MUS;

ANIMALS; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; MALE; MESONEPHROS; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; OOCYTES; OOGONIA; OVARY; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROTOPIC;

EID: 40549107138     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dem334     Document Type: Article

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