Differential effects of cytochalasin B on cytokinesis in parthenogenetically activated mouse oocytes

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 31-40

  Imahie, Hiroshi ^a   Takahashi, Masahiro ^b   Toyoda, Yutaka ^c   Sato, Eimei ^d  

^a MITSUBISHI TANABE PHARMA CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b Livestock Improvement Association of Japan   (Japan)

^c OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Actin filaments; Cytochalasin; Mouse oocyte; Parthenogenetic activation; Preimplantation

Indexed keywords

EID: 53949114821     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.48.31     Document Type: Article

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