The road to maturation: Somatic cell interaction and self-organization of the mammalian oocyte

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 141-152

  Li, Rong ^a,b   Albertini, David F ^b  

^a STOWERS INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 15; CYCLIC GMP; FOLLITROPIN; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 9; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MOLECULAR MOTOR; PROTEIN CDC42; RAC PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; WISKOTT ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MOTION; CELL POLARITY; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETON; FERTILIZATION; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; MAMMAL; MEIOSIS; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY CELL; OVARY FOLLICLE; POLAR BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATIC CELL; SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS; SPINDLE CELL; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOMES, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELLS; HUMANS; MEIOSIS; MICE; MICROTUBULES; OOCYTES; OOGENESIS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84875422207     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: 14710080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrm3531     Document Type: Review

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