Immunocytochemical localization and regulation of connexin43 in the adult rat epididymis

Endocrinology

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1474-1484

  Cyr, Daniel G ^a   Hermo, Louis ^b   Laird, Dale W ^b  

^a FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; PROTEIN ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORCHIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION;

EID: 0029916855     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.137.4.8625926     Document Type: Article

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