The intermediate filament protein nestin occurs transiently in differentiating testis of rat and mouse

Differentiation

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 243-249

  Frojdman K ^a   Pelliniemi, L J ^a   Lendahl, U ^b   Virtanen, I ^c   Eriksson, J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; DESMIN; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEIN; LAMININ; VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; BIRTH; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMBRYO; FETUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MESONEPHROS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PUBERTY; RAT; SERTOLI CELL; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALIA; MYOIDEA;

EID: 0030664291     PISSN: 03014681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002580050190     Document Type: Article

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