Table 1.

Summary of experiments analyzing dye-coupling between oocyte and follicle cells

Microinjected solution	n injected for dye-coupling	% follicles with dye-coupling
H2O dest.	13	85
NIS	40	48
AInx1Rb-CT	34	50
AInx2Rb-CT(KLRH)	39	17*
AInx2Rb-CT(REM)	39	38
AInx2GP-CL	53	30*
AInx3GP-CT	38	37
AInx3Rb-CL	20	40
AInx4Rb-CT	22	46

*, significantly different from NIS (P < 0.05); n, number of injected stage-10 follicles; for further details, see text