Hormonal dependency of neural cadherin in the binding of round spermatids to Sertoli cells in vitro

Endocrinology

Volumn 137, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 3877-3883

  Perryman, Kristen J ^a,c   Stanton, Peter G ^a   Loveland, Kate L ^b   McLachlan, Robert I ^a   Robertson, David M ^a  

^a MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; FOLLITROPIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL DENSITY; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONAL REGULATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION;

EID: 0029793693     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.137.9.8756560     Document Type: Article

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