Activation of fertilized and nuclear transfer eggs

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 591, Issue , 2007, Pages 117-131

  Malcuit, Christopher ^a   Fissore, Rafael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION;

CALCIUM SIGNALING; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL NUCLEUS TRANSPLANTATION; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPERM; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84934438523     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-37754-4_9     Document Type: Review

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