Oocyte ageing and its cellular basis

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 10-12, 2012, Pages 841-852

  Eichenlaub Ritter, Ursula ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ageing; Aneuploidy; Chromosome cohesion; Oocyte; Spindle

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED GLYCATION END PRODUCT; ANAPHASE PROMOTING COMPLEX; ANTIOXIDANT; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN 20; CELL ENZYME; CELL PROTEIN; CYCLIN B1; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 1; KIF 2B PROTEIN; KIF2C PROTEIN; MITOTIC CENTROMERE ASSOCIATED KINASE; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CELL DAMAGE; CELL STIMULATION; CENTROMERE; CHROMATID ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME COHESION; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CHROMOSOMES AND CHROMOSOMAL PHENOMENA; CYTOGENETICS; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC RISK; GROWTH INHIBITION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; M PHASE CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; MATERNAL AGE; MEIOSIS; METABOLIC REGULATION; MICROTUBULE ORGANIZING CENTER; MITOSIS INHIBITION; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONDISJUNCTION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE AGEING; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEPLETION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SISTER CHROMATID; TRANSLATION REGULATION; TRISOMY;

ADULT; AGING; ANEUPLOIDY; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEIOSIS; MODELS, GENETIC; OOCYTES; TRISOMY;

EID: 84873711794     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.120141ue     Document Type: Article

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