Observations on rat sertoli ectoplasmic ('junctional') specializations in their association with germ cells of the rat testis

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1977, Pages 475-498

  Russell, Lonnie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FILAMENT; MICROTUBULE; RAT; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ANIMAL; CELL COMMUNICATION; DESMOSOMES; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HYPERTONIC SOLUTIONS; MALE; MICROTUBULES; RATS; RIBOSOMES; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERM HEAD; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOCYTES; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0017709496     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0040-8166(77)90007-6     Document Type: Article

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