Regulation of peripheral spindle movement and spindle rotation during mouse oocyte meiosis: New perspectives

Microscopy and Microanalysis

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 349-356

  Ai, Jun Shu ^a,b   Wang, Qiang ^a,b   Yin, Shen ^a,b   Shi, Li Hong ^a,b   Xiong, Bo ^a,b   Ouyang, Ying Chun ^a   Hou, Yi ^a   Chen, Da Yuan ^a   Schatten, Heide ^c   Sun, Qing Yuan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; Microtubule; Smouse oocyte; Spindle migration; Spindle rotation

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MEIOSIS; METABOLISM; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS SPINDLE; MOUSE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; ROTATION;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; MEIOSIS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROTUBULES; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; MOVEMENT; OOCYTES; ROTATION;

EID: 46749087115     PISSN: 14319276     EISSN: 14358115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1431927608080343     Document Type: Article

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