Structural changes of the zona pellucida during fertilization and embryo development

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 13, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 6730-6751

  Familiari, Giuseppe ^a   Heyn, Rosemarie ^a   Relucenti, Michela ^a   Sathananthan, Henry ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electron Microscopy; Fertilization; Glycoprotein Matrix; Human Embryo; Human Oocyte; Ovulation

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA;

ANIMAL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; MALE; MAMMAL; OOCYTE; OVULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VITELLINE MEMBRANE; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MALE; MAMMALS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OOCYTES; OVULATION; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; VITELLINE MEMBRANE; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 52049124440     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/3185     Document Type: Article

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