Special Section: Focus on Implantation:

Editorial:

Sudhansu K Dey

Focus on Implantation
Reproduction 2004 128: 655-656. [Full Text] [PDF] FREE  

Reviews:

Thomas E Spencer, Greg A Johnson, Fuller W Bazer, and Robert C Burghardt

Implantation mechanisms: insights from the sheep
Reproduction 2004 128: 657-668. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] FREE  

Flavia L Lopes, Joëlle A Desmarais, and Bruce D Murphy

Embryonic diapause and its regulation
Reproduction 2004 128: 669-678. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] FREE  

Kevin Y Lee and Francesco J DeMayo

Animal models of implantation
Reproduction 2004 128: 679-695. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] FREE  

Regular Papers

Research:

N T Rogers, E Hobson, S Pickering, F A Lai, P Braude, and K Swann

Phospholipase C causes Ca²⁺ oscillations and parthenogenetic activation of human oocytes
Reproduction 2004 128: 697-702. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Helena Fulka, Milan Mrazek, Olga Tepla, and Josef Fulka, Jr

DNA methylation pattern in human zygotes and developing embryos
Reproduction 2004 128: 703-708. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Takumi Sasao, Naoki Itoh, Hiroko Takano, Satoshi Watanabe, Gang Wei, Taiji Tsukamoto, Noboru Kuzumaki, and Masato Takimoto

The protein encoded by cancer/testis gene D40/AF15q14 is localized in spermatocytes, acrosomes of spermatids and ejaculated spermatozoa
Reproduction 2004 128: 709-716. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Vanina Fontana, Virginia Choren, Liliana Vauthay, Juan Carlos Calvo, Lucrecia Calvo, and Monica Cameo

Exogenous interferon- alters murine inner cell mass and trophoblast development. Effect on the expression of ErbB1, ErbB4 and heparan sulfate proteoglycan (perlecan)
Reproduction 2004 128: 717-725. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jung Bok Lee, Ji Min Song, Jeoung Eun Lee, Jong Hyuk Park, Sun Jong Kim, Soo Man Kang, Ji Nie Kwon, Moon Kyoo Kim, Sung Il Roh, and Hyun Soo Yoon

Available human feeder cells for the maintenance of human embryonic stem cells
Reproduction 2004 128: 727-735. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gavin Clydesdale, Jenny Pekin, Sandra Beaton, Ronald J Jackson, Soma Vignarajan, and Christopher M Hardy

Contraception in mice immunized with recombinant zona pellucida subunit 3 proteins correlates with Th2 responses and the levels of interleukin 4 expressed by CD4⁺ cells
Reproduction 2004 128: 737-745. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M Muñoz-Gutiérrez, D Blache, G B Martin, and R J Scaramuzzi

Ovarian follicular expression of mRNA encoding the type I IGF receptor and IGF-binding protein-2 in sheep following five days of nutritional supplementation with glucose, glucosamine or lupins
Reproduction 2004 128: 747-756. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

N R Kendall, C G Gutierrez, R J Scaramuzzi, D T Baird, R Webb, and B K Campbell

Direct in vivo effects of leptin on ovarian steroidogenesis in sheep
Reproduction 2004 128: 757-765. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kaïs H Al-Gubory, Philippe Bolifraud, Guy Germain, Annie Nicole, and Irène Ceballos-Bicot

Antioxidant enzymatic defence systems in sheep corpus luteum throughout pregnancy
Reproduction 2004 128: 767-774. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Xiaoyan Huang, Jun Zhang, Li Lu, Lanlan Yin, Min Xu, Youqun Wang, Zuomin Zhou, and Jiahao Sha

Cloning and expression of a novel CREB mRNA splice variant in human testis
Reproduction 2004 128: 775-782. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

K Ashizawa, G J Wishart, A R A H Ranasinghe, S Katayama, and Y Tsuzuki

Protein phosphatase-type 2B is involved in the regulation of the acrosome reaction but not in the temperature-dependent flagellar movement of fowl spermatozoa
Reproduction 2004 128: 783-787. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hiroaki Funahashi and Raquel Romar

Reduction of the incidence of polyspermic penetration into porcine oocytes by pretreatment of fresh spermatozoa with adenosine and a transient co-incubation of the gametes with caffeine
Reproduction 2004 128: 789-800. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

T Rijsselaere, A Van Soom, S Van Cruchten, M Coryn, K Görtz, D Maes, and A de Kruif

Sperm distribution in the genital tract of the bitch following artificial insemination in relation to the time of ovulation
Reproduction 2004 128: 801-811. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Masashi Kinukawa, Masao Nagata, and Fugaku Aoki

Reducing agents induce microtubule extrusion in demembranated mammalian spermatozoa
Reproduction 2004 128: 813-818. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sayyed Mohammad Hadi Alavi, Jacky Cosson, Mahmoud Karami, Bagher Mojazi Amiri, and Mohammd Ali Akhoundzadeh

Spermatozoa motility in the Persian sturgeon, Acipenser persicus: effects of pH, dilution rate, ions and osmolality
Reproduction 2004 128: 819-828. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anna M Petrunkina, Barbara Gröpper, Anne-Rose Günzel-Apel, and Edda Töpfer-Petersen

Functional significance of the cell volume for detecting sperm membrane changes and predicting freezability in dog semen
Reproduction 2004 128: 829-842. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Monica A Stoops, Randal D Pairan, and Terri L Roth

Follicular, endocrine and behavioural dynamics of the Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) oestrous cycle
Reproduction 2004 128: 843-856. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nicole R Francisco, Christen M Raymond, and Paul D Heideman

Short photoperiod inhibition of growth in body mass and reproduction in ACI, BUF, and PVG inbred rats
Reproduction 2004 128: 857-862. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Errata:

Qinglei Li, Leanne J Bakke, J Richard Pursley, and George W Smith

Erratum: Localization and temporal regulation of tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases 3 and 4 in bovine preovulatory follicles
Reproduction 2004 128: 863. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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