Fertility and Sterility
Volume 83, Issue 4, Supplement , Pages 1264-1274 , April 2005

Development of a hamster superovulation program and adverse effects of gonadotropins on microfilament formation during oocyte development

  • Seung T. Lee, B.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Animal Genetic Engineering, School of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul, South Korea
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  • Tae M. Kim, B.Sc., D.V.M.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Animal Genetic Engineering, School of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul, South Korea
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  • Mi Y. Cho, B.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Animal Genetic Engineering, School of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul, South Korea
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  • Shin Y. Moon, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Stem Cell Research Center, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
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  • Jae Y. Han, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Animal Genetic Engineering, School of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul, South Korea
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  • Jeong M. Lim, D.V.M., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Stem Cell Research Center, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Jeong M. Lim, D.V.M., Ph.D., Division of Animal Genetic Engineering, School of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Building 200-#4223, Sillim-9 Dong, Seoul 151-742, South Korea (FAX: 822-874-2555)

Received 4 June 2004 ,Revised 21 September 2004 ,Accepted 21 September 2004.

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 Supported by a grant from the Stem Cell Research Center of the 21st Century Frontier Research Program funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea, and by a graduate fellowship provided by the Korean Ministry of Education through the Brain Korea 21 project.

PII: S0015-0282(04)03250-9

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.09.039

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 83, Issue 4, Supplement , Pages 1264-1274 , April 2005

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