The inter-sertoli cell tight junctions in germ cell-free seminiferous tubules from prenatally irradiated rats: A freeze-fracture study

Cell Biology International

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 513-522

  Ribeiro, Alberto F ^a   David Ferreira, José F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Blood testis barrier; Freeze fracture; Irradiation; Sertoli cell; Tight junctions

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TESTIS BARRIER; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; FREEZE FRACTURE; GERM CELL; IRRADIATION; MALE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NONHUMAN; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; TIGHT JUNCTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030198602     PISSN: 10656995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cbir.1996.0066     Document Type: Article

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