Contributions of the actin cytoskeleton to the emergence of polarity during maturation in human oocytes

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 200-207

  Coticchio, Giovanni ^a   Guglielmo, Maria Cristina ^a   Albertini, David F ^b   Dal Canto, Mariabeatrice ^a   Mignini renzini, Mario ^a   De Ponti, Elena ^c   Fadini, Rubens ^a  

^a Istituti Clinici Zucchi   (Italy)

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

^c SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Actin; Cytoskeleton; Germinal vesicle; Meiosis; Oocytes; Spindle

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CYTOSKELETON; GERMINAL VESICLE; MEIOSIS; OOCYTES; SPINDLE;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; ACTINS; ADULT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POLARITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IN VITRO OOCYTE MATURATION TECHNIQUES; METAPHASE; OOCYTES; OVULATION INDUCTION; SPINDLE APPARATUS;

EID: 84894304477     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gat085     Document Type: Article

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