Ultrastructure of bovine oocytes exposed to taxol prior to OPS vitrification

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1318-1326

  Morató, Roser ^a   Mogas, Teresa ^a   Maddox Hyttel, Poul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Cytoskeleton; TEM

Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; PACLITAXEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALF (BOVINE); CELL DAMAGE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME CONDENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOPLASM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; METAPHASE; MICROSCOPY; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OPEN PULLED STRAW METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VITRIFICATION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; FEMALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; OOCYTES; PACLITAXEL; TUBULIN MODULATORS;

BOVINAE;

EID: 46049095245     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: 10982795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20873     Document Type: Article

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