Regulatory mechanism of spindle movements during oocyte meiotic division

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1477-1486

  Ai, Jun Shu ^a,b   Li, Mo ^a,b   Schatten, Heide ^c   Sun, Qing Yuan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytoskeleton; Meiotic division; Oocyte; Spindle movement

Indexed keywords

EID: 74549193992     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2009.r.12     Document Type: Review

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