The effect of linolenic acid on bovine oocyte maturation and development

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1064-1072

  Marei, Waleed F ^a,b   Wathes, D Claire ^a   Fouladi Nashta, Ali A ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Cairo University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

ALA; Blastocyst; Bovine; Cyclic adenosine monophosphate; Embryo; MAPK; n 3; Oocyte; Oocyte development; PGE; PUFA

Indexed keywords

1,4 DIAMINO 1,4 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYLTHIO) 2,3 DICYANOBUTADIENE; CYCLIC AMP; LINOLENIC ACID; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; N (2 CYCLOHEXYLOXY 4 NITROPHENYL)METHANESULFONAMIDE; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROTEIN KINASE B; 1,3 BUTADIENE DERIVATIVE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; N-(2-CYCLOHEXYLOXY-4-NITROPHENYL)METHANESULFONAMIDE; NITRILE; NITROBENZENE DERIVATIVE; SULFONAMIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL DIVISION; CELL NUCLEUS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUMULUS CELL; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; METAPHASE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OOCYTE MATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATTLE; CELL CULTURE; DRUG EFFECT; EMBRYO CULTURE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; TIME;

BOS; BOVINAE;

ALPHA-LINOLENIC ACID; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BUTADIENES; CATTLE; CELLS, CULTURED; CUMULUS CELLS; CYCLIC AMP; DINOPROSTONE; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; NITRILES; NITROBENZENES; OOCYTES; OOGENESIS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SULFONAMIDES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 73949131856     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.109.076851     Document Type: Article

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