Behaviour of cytoplasmic organelles and cytoskeleton during oocyte maturation

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 284-299

  Mao, Luna ^a   Lou, Hangying ^a   Lou, Yiyun ^a,b   Wang, Ning ^a   Jin, Fan ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Hangzhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine   (China)

Author keywords

assisted reproduction technology; cytoplasmic organelles; cytoskeleton; fertilization; oocyte maturation; oocyte quality

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CALCIUM; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL DIVISION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL ORGANELLE; CYTOSKELETON; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FERTILIZATION; GOLGI COMPLEX; HUMAN; IN VITRO OOCYTE MATURATION; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE MATURATION; REVIEW;

ASSISTED REPRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY; CYTOPLASMIC ORGANELLES; CYTOSKELETON; FERTILIZATION; OOCYTE MATURATION; OOCYTE QUALITY;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CYTOPLASM; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FERTILIZATION; GOLGI APPARATUS; HUMANS; MICE; MITOCHONDRIA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OOCYTES; ORGANELLES;

EID: 84895424694     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2013.10.016     Document Type: Review

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