Oviductal secretions: Will they be key factors for the future ARTs?

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 896-906

  Avilés, Manuel ^a   Gutiérrez Adán, Alfonso ^b   Coy, Pilar ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b INIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Concept of zona pellucida maturation; Embryotrophic factors; In vitro development; Oviduct specific glycoprotein; Oviductal secretions

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN;

CELL INTERACTION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GAMETE; HUMAN; MONOTREMATE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; OVIDUCT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLYSPERMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OOCYTES; OVIDUCTS; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 78649472966     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gaq056     Document Type: Review

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