The organization of microtubules and filamentous actin in cytospin preparations of Sertoli cells from w/wwei mutant mice devoid of germ cells

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 193, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 413-417

  Wolf, Klaus Werner ^a   Winking, Heinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cytoskeleton; Ectoplasmic specializations; Mitosis; Tubulin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; F ACTIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CYTOSKELETON; GERM CELL; MALE; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERTOLI CELL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CENTRIFUGATION; CYTOSKELETON; FLUORESCEIN-5-ISOTHIOCYANATE; GERM CELLS; MALE; METAPHASE; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROTUBULES; MITOSIS; SERTOLI CELLS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS; MUSCULUS;

EID: 0029869554     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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