Co-culture embedded in cumulus clumps promotes maturation of denuded oocytes and reconstructs gap junctions between oocytes and cumulus cells

Zygote

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 231-237

  Feng, Guixue ^a,b   Shi, Deshun ^a   Yang, Shufang ^a   Wang, Xiaoli ^a  

^a GUANGXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH HOSPITAL OF GUANGXI ZHUANG AUTONOMOUS REGION   (China)

Author keywords

Cumulus cells; Denuded oocyte; Gap junction; In vitro maturation

Indexed keywords

ISOQUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; LUCIFER YELLOW;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; BUFFALO; CELL NUCLEUS; COCULTURE; CUMULUS CELL; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTION; IN VITRO OOCYTE MATURATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PARTHENOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; BUFFALOES; CELL NUCLEUS; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; CUMULUS CELLS; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTIONS; IN VITRO OOCYTE MATURATION TECHNIQUES; ISOQUINOLINES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OOCYTES; OOGENESIS; PARTHENOGENESIS;

EID: 84879555692     PISSN: 09671994     EISSN: 14698730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0967199412000305     Document Type: Article

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