Nucleolar transplantation in oocytes and zygotes: Challenges for further research

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 63-67

  Fulka, Helena ^a   Fulka, Josef Jr ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Nucleolus; Oocytes; Pronuclei; Zygotes

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE CDC14;

BLASTOCYST; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL NUCLEUS TRANSPLANTATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GERMINAL VESICLE; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; METAPHASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOLUS TRANSPLANTATION; OOCYTE; OOCYTE MATURATION; PARTHENOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCEDURES CONCERNING CELLS; PRONUCLEUS; REVIEW; ZYGOTE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; INFERTILITY THERAPY; NUCLEOLUS; TRANSPLANTATION;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEOLUS; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; OOCYTES; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; ZYGOTE;

EID: 77949508830     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gap088     Document Type: Review

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