Evaluation of the binding patterns of eleven FITC-conjugated lectins in Fischer 344 rat testes

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 71-79

  Wine, Robert N ^a   Chapin, Robert E ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

lectin; rat; spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; LECTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; GERM CELL; LECTIN BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TISSUE SECTION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EVALUATION STUDIES; FLUORESCEIN-5-ISOTHIOCYANATE; LECTINS; MALE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOCYTES; SPERMATOGONIA; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 0031043041     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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