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Fiziol. Zh. 2007; 53(2): 90-97

Mitochondriain oocytes and embryos

T.V. Blashkiv, T.Yu. Voznesenskaya, R.I. Yanchiy

    O.O.Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology, NationalAcademy of Science of Ukraine



Abstract

The review considers such factors as mitochondrial distribution, fine structure, mitochondrial carriers and metabolic activity, as well as polarity of mitochondria and their participation in free intracellular Ca2+ regulation in mammalian oocytes and embryos.

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