A role for an inhibitory connexin in testis?

Developmental Biology

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 50-56

  Chang, Michelle ^a,b   Werner, Rudolf ^a   Dahl, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL MATURATION; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GERM CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; TESTIS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0029986744     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1996.0094     Document Type: Article

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