The Control of Meiotic Maturation in Mammalian Oocytes

Current Topics in Developmental Biology

Volumn 102, Issue , 2013, Pages 207-226

  Holt, Janet E ^a   Lane, Simon I R ^a,b   Jones, Keith T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaphase promoting complex; CAMP; CDK1; Cell cycle; Cyclin B1; Female; Fertilization; Maturation promoting factor; Meiosis; Oocyte; Signaling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871789962     PISSN: 00702153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-416024-8.00007-6     Document Type: Chapter

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