The sertoli cell junctional complex: Structure and permeability to filipin in the neonatal and adult guinea pig

American Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 1983, Pages 213-228

  Pelletier, R ‐Marc ^a,b   Friend, Daniel S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FILIPIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; CELL JUNCTION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FREEZE FRACTURE; GUINEA PIG; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; SERTOLI CELL;

ANIMAL; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BLOOD-TESTIS BARRIER; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; FILIPIN; FREEZE FRACTURING; GUINEA PIGS; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; MALE; POLYENES; SERTOLI CELLS; SEX MATURATION; SPERMATOCYTES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0021044050     PISSN: 00029106     EISSN: 15530795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aja.1001680208     Document Type: Article

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