Reversible disassembly of the actin cytoskeleton improves the survival rate and developmental competence of cryopreserved mouse oocytes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Hosu, Basarab G ^a   Mullen, Steven F ^b   Critser, John K ^c   Forgacs, Gabor ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b 21st Century Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; F ACTIN; LATRUNCULIN A; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; COLD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOSKELETON; DEPOLYMERIZATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FREEZE THAWING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SURVIVAL RATE; VISCOELASTICITY; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; ELASTICITY; MAGNETISM; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; OOCYTE; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

MAMMALIA;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; CYTOSKELETON; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MAGNETICS; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OOCYTES; SPERM CAPACITATION;

EID: 50949088769     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002787     Document Type: Article

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