Rhythmic actomyosin-driven contractions induced by sperm entry predict mammalian embryo viability

Nature Communications

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Ajduk, Anna ^a   Ilozue, Tagbo ^a   Windsor, Shane ^b   Yu, Yuansong ^c   Seres, K Bianka ^a,d   Bomphrey, Richard J ^b   Tom, Brian D ^e   Swann, Karl ^c   Thomas, Adrian ^b   Graham, Chris ^b   Zernicka Goetz, Magdalena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e MRC BIOSTATISTICS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; ZYGOTE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; C57BL MOUSE; CBA MOUSE; CELL MOTION; CELL SURVIVAL; FERTILITY; METABOLISM; OOCYTE;

MAMMALIA;

ACTOMYOSIN; ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOPLASMIC STREAMING; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED CBA; OVUM; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA; ZYGOTE;

EID: 80052406901     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1424     Document Type: Article

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