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INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR-I AS A SURVIVAL FACTOR FOR BOVINE EMBRYOS SUBJECTED TO HEAT SHOCK.
Author(s): Jousan, Frank¹, Hansen, Peter¹, ¹ University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

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LEUKAEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR ENHANCES SHEEP FERTILIZATION IN VITRO VIA AN INFLUENCE ON THE OOCYTE.
Author(s): Ptak, Grazyna¹, Lopes, Federica¹, Matsukawa, Kazutsugu¹, Loi, Pasqualino¹, ¹ Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Teramo, Italy

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DNA METHYLATION ANALYSIS OF THE PROMOTER REGION OF MOUSE TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE (MTERT) GENE IN MOUSE STEM CELLS AND PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYOS.
Author(s): Yu, Haiquan¹, Hattori, Naoko¹, Nishino, Koichiro¹, Maeda, Chiaki¹, Hattori, Naka¹, Tanaka, Satoshi¹, Shiota, Kunio¹, ¹ Laboratory of Cellular Biochemistry, Animal Resource Sciences/Veterinary Medical Sciences, Tokyo, Japan

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FUNCTIONAL ASSAYS DEMONSTRATE THAT THE MOUSE ACROSOMAL PROTEIN SP-10 PLAYS A ROLE IN SPERM-ZONA BINDING.
Author(s): Herrero, Maria¹, Digilio, Laura¹, Monroe, Jennifer¹, Herr, John¹, Reddi, Prabhakara¹, ¹ University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

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STRUCTURAL DETERMINANTS FOR SPERM BINDING TO THE MAMMALIAN ZONA PELLUCIDA.
Author(s): Hoodbhoy, Tanya¹, Rankin, Tracy¹, Boja, Emily², Epifano, Olga¹, Fales, Hank², Dean, Jurrien¹, ¹ National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD² National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

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MULTIPLE ROLES OF FYN KINASE DURING EGG ACTIVATION AND EARLY DEVELOPMENT.
Author(s): Holets, Lesya¹, Sharma, Dipika¹, Kinsey, William¹, ¹ Univ. of Kansas Medical Ctr., Kansas City, KS

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COMPLEXIN 1 IS REQUIRED FOR MAMMALIAN SPERM ACROSOMAL EXOCYTOSIS.
Author(s): Zhao, Longmei¹, Burkin, Heather¹, Reim, Kerstin², Brose, Nils², Miller, David¹, ¹ University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL² Max-Plank-Institute for Experimental Medicine, Göttingen, Germany

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INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR BINDING PROTEIN AS PREDICTIVE MARKERS FOR DEVELOPMENTALLY COMPETENT OOCYTES.
Author(s): Nicholas, Benjamin¹, Alberio, Ramiro¹, Fouladi-Nashta, Ali¹, Webb, Robert¹, ¹ The University of Nottinghan, Loughborough, UK

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