A possible role of progesterone receptor in mouse oocyte in vitro fertilization regulated by norethisterone and its reduced metabolite

Contraception

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 507-512

  Flores Herrera, Héctor ^a   Díaz Cervantes, Paola ^a   De la Mora, Gustavo ^b   Zaga Clavellina, Verónica ^a   Uribe Salas, Felipe ^c   Castro, Ivone ^c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PERINATOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Fertilization; Norethisterone; Oocytes cumulus cell and oocyte free complex; Reduced metabolites

Indexed keywords

3BETA,5ALPHA NORETHISTERONE; 5ALPHA NORETHISTERONE; DRUG METABOLITE; NORETHISTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUMULUS OOPHORUS; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FLUORESCENCE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMALS; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, SYNTHETIC; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NORETHINDRONE; OOCYTES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE;

EID: 55949119793     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2008.07.009     Document Type: Article

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