Premeiotic fetal murine germ cells cultured in vitro form typical oocyte-like cells but do not progress through meiosis

Theriogenology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 219-231

  Dong, H S ^a,b   Li, L ^a   Song, Z H ^a   Tang, J ^c   Xu, B ^c   Zhai, X W ^a   Sun, L L ^a   Zhang, P ^a   Li, Z B ^a   Pan, Q J ^a   Shi, Q H ^c   Shen, W ^a  

^a Institute of Animal Reproduction Development and Genetic Engineering   (China)

^b SHANXI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Meiosis; Mouse; Oocyte; Oogenesis; Premeiotic germ cells

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUE; OVARY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUTATHIONE; MEIOSIS; MICE; OOCYTES; OOGENESIS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; OVARY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS;

MURINAE; MUS;

EID: 67349111350     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2009.02.021     Document Type: Article

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