Discriminative analysis of rat Sertoli and peritubular cells and their proliferation in vitro: Evidence for follicle-stimulating hormone-mediated contact inhibition of Sertoli cell mitosis

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 227-235

  Schlatt, Stefan ^a   De Kretser, David M ^a   Loveland, Kate L ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; BROXURIDINE; FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MITOGENESIS; MITOSIS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL;

EID: 0029766910     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod55.2.227     Document Type: Article

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