Nuclear translocation of gold labeled-testosterone-bovine serum albumin conjugate through the nuclear double membranes in rat spermatids

Cell Structure and Function

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 621-629

  Nishimura, Toshikazu ^a   Nakano, Takashi ^a  

^a AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colloidal gold; Nuclear double membranes; Nuclear import; Spermatids; Testosterone bovine serum albumin conjugate; Vesicles

Indexed keywords

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MALE; MEMBRANE VESICLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPERMATID;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE;

EID: 0031415416     PISSN: 03867196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1247/csf.22.621     Document Type: Article

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