Ultrastructural validation of an improved culture system for boar efferent duct epithelium

Journal of Reproduction and Fertility

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 251-258

  Heiniger, B M ^a   Stoffel, M H ^a   Friess, A E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL SHAPE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENDOCYTOSIS; EPIDIDYMIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; MALE; MICROVILLUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SWINE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0029879891     PISSN: 00224251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/jrf.0.1060251     Document Type: Article

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