Akt expression in mouse oocytes matured in vivo and in vitro

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-41

  Cecconi, Sandra ^a   Rossi, Gianna ^a   Santilli, Adriana ^a   Di Stefano, Leonardo ^a   Hoshino, Yumi ^b   Sato, Eimei ^b   Palmerini, Maria Grazia ^a   Macchiarelli, Guido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Akt; EGF; FSH; IVM; Mouse; Oocyte

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FOLLITROPIN; HYPOXANTHINE; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN KINASE B; SERINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GERMINAL VESICLE; IN VITRO MATURATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MEIOSIS; METAPHASE; MITOSIS SPINDLE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 77149154987     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2009.10.011     Document Type: Article

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