RFD award lecture 2009. in vitro maturation of farm animal oocytes: A useful tool for investigating the mechanisms leading to full-term development

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 495-507

  Gandolfi, Fulvio ^a   Brevini, Tiziana A L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Developmental competence; Mitochondria; MRNA polyadenylation; Oocyte maturation; Parthenogenesis; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); AMPHIREGULIN; ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; BETACELLULIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 15; BUCLADESINE; CELL ENZYME; CYCLIC AMP; EPIREGULIN; FOLLITROPIN; FORSKOLIN; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 3; GONADOTROPIN; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 9; ISOBUTYLMETHYLXANTHINE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; PROSTAGLANDIN; SODIUM GLUCOSE COTRANSPORTER 1;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; APOPTOSIS; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CELL EXPANSION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL SIZE; CELL VOLUME; COMPETENCE; COW; CUMULUS CELL; CYTOPLASM; DIET RESTRICTION; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ESTRUS CYCLE; EWE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FARM ANIMAL; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GRANULOSA CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MEIOSIS; MITOCHONDRION; MITOSIS INHIBITION; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OOCYTE MATURATION; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE ATRESIA; OVULATION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATIC CELL; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; AWARDS AND PRIZES; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; NUCLEAR TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; OOCYTES;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; EQUIDAE; OVIS ARIES; SUIDAE;

EID: 77649282285     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD09151     Document Type: Review

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