Oocyte Maturation: A story of arrest and release

Frontiers in Bioscience - Scholar

Volumn 5 S, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 451-477

  Sen, Aritro ^a   Caiazza, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mammal; Maturation; Oocyte; Review

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; AMPHIREGULIN; AURORA A KINASE; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIN B; CYCLIN B1; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; EPIREGULIN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; PROTEASOME; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE E3;

CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL CYCLE PHASE; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERTILIZATION; GAP JUNCTION; GASTRULATION; GERM CELL; GERMINAL VESICLE; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MEIOSIS; METAPHASE; MICROINJECTION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; OVULATION; PREMATURE OVARIAN FAILURE; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PROPHASE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DEPHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; SEX DETERMINATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; OOCYTES; OOGENESIS;

EID: 84883727590     PISSN: 19450516     EISSN: 19450524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/s383     Document Type: Review

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