Regulated assembly of connexin33 and connexin43 into rat Sertoli cell gap junctions

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1300-1310

  Tan, Ignatius P ^a   Roy, Christine ^b   Sáez, Juan C ^b,c   Sáez, Claudia G ^c   Paul, David L ^d   Risley, Michael S ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Center for Advanced Studies in Ecology and Biodiversity   (Chile)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GROWTH REGULATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SERTOLI CELL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029921110     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod54.6.1300     Document Type: Article

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