Folic acid facilitates in vitro maturation of mouse and Xenopus laevis oocytes

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 109, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1389-1395

  Huang, Xiaoli ^a,b   Gao, Shu ^b   Xia, Wei ^b   Hou, Shaoying ^b   Wu, Kun ^b  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Folic acid; In vitro maturation; Mise; Oocytes; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIN B2; FOLIC ACID; HYPOXANTHINE; MATURATION PROMOTING FACTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; FEMALE; GERMINAL VESICLE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MITOSIS SPINDLE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; POLAR BODY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; UPREGULATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLS, CULTURED; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIN B2; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HYPOXANTHINE; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MATURATION-PROMOTING FACTOR; MEIOSIS; MICE; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; OOCYTES; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 84876238852     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114512003248     Document Type: Article

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