Autoantigenicity of the basal compartment of seminiferous tubules in the rat

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 31, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 65-79

  Saari, Teijo ^a   Jahnukainen, Kirsi ^a   Pöllänen, Pasi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Antibody; Autoantigen; Orchitis; Rat; Sperm; Testis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; AUTOANTIGEN; POLYPEPTIDE;

ADSORPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN BINDING; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERM CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LAMINA PROPRIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORCHIECTOMY; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; TESTIS;

EID: 0030221235     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-0378(96)00962-X     Document Type: Article

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