Roles of prostaglandins during oocyte maturation: Lessons from knockout mice

Journal of Mammalian Ova Research

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 11-20

  Takahashi, Toshifumi ^a   Igarashi, Hideki ^a   Amita, Mitsuyoshi ^a   Hara, Shuichiro ^a   Kurachi, Hirohisa ^a  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

COX 2; Cumulus expansion; Oocyte maturation; PGE2; Prostaglandin

Indexed keywords

MUS;

EID: 77954078079     PISSN: 13417738     EISSN: 13475878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1274/jmor.27.11     Document Type: Article

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