Carbendazim-induced abnormal development of the acrosome during early phases of spermiogenesis in the rat testis

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 294, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 145-152

  Nakai, Masaaki ^a   Toshimori, Kiyotaka ^b   Yoshinaga, Kazuya ^b   Nasu, Tetsuo ^a   Hess, Rex A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Acrosome; Carbendazim; mMN7 immunocytochemistry; Rat (Sprague Dawley); Spermatids

Indexed keywords

CARBENDAZIM;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GOLGI COMPLEX; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

ACROSOME; ANIMALS; BENZIMIDAZOLES; CARBAMATES; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; GOLGI APPARATUS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031682365     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410051164     Document Type: Article

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