Analysis of ciliary beat frequency and ovum transport ability in the mouse oviduct

Genes to Cells

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 282-290

  Shi, Dongbo ^a,b   Komatsu, Kouji ^a,c   Uemura, Tadashi ^b,c   Fujimori, Toshihiko ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CILIARY MOTILITY; CILIATED EPITHELIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUMULUS CELL; DIESTRUS; FEMALE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE TRANSPORT; OVIDUCT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CILIA; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; MICE; OVIDUCTS; OVUM TRANSPORT;

EID: 79951931787     PISSN: 13569597     EISSN: 13652443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2443.2011.01484.x     Document Type: Article

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