Small gtpases and formins in mammalian oocyte maturation: Cytoskeletal organizers

Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-5

  Kwon, Sojung ^a   Lim, Hyunjung J ^a  

^a Konkuk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Formin; GTP phosphohydrolases; Human; Mice; Oocyte; Spindle

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864753522     PISSN: 22338233     EISSN: 22338241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5653/cerm.2011.38.1.1     Document Type: Review

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