Multiple fucosyltransferases and their carbohydrate ligands are involved in spermatogenic cell-Sertoli cell adhesion in vitro in rats

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1268-1273

  Raychoudhury, Samir S ^a   Millette, Clarke F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; LIGAND BINDING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030935579     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod56.5.1268     Document Type: Article

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