The maturation of oocyte follicular epithelium of Podarcis s. sicula is promoted by D-aspartic acid

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 157-171

  Raucci, Franca ^a   Di Fiore, Maria Maddalena ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

D aspartic acid; Lizard; Oocyte; Reproductive cycle; Seasonal breeder

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; ESTRADIOL; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; EPITHELIUM; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE EPITHELIUM; GRANULOSA CELL; LIZARD; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY CYCLE; OVARY FOLLICLE; PODARCIS S SICULA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PYRIFORM CORTEX; REPRODUCTION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; THECA CELL; TISSUE LEVEL; VITELLOGENESIS; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; D-ASPARTIC ACID; EPITHELIUM; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIZARDS; OOCYTES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; REPRODUCTION; TESTOSTERONE;

PODARCIS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 76649129331     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1369/jhc.2009.954636     Document Type: Article

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