Cyclic modulation of sertoli cell junctional complexes in a seasonal breeder: The mink (Mustela vison)

American Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 68-102

  Pelletier, R ‐Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; CELL JUNCTION; MALE; MAMMAL; MINK; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMAL; BREEDING; FREEZE FRACTURING; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MINK; SEASONS; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0023793109     PISSN: 00029106     EISSN: 15530795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aja.1001830105     Document Type: Article

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