Nuclear envelope remodelling during rat spermiogenesis: Distribution and expression pattern of LAP2/thymopoietins

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 111, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 2227-2234

  Alsheimer, Manfred ^a   Fecher, Ellen ^a   Benavente, Ricardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lamin; Lamina associated polypeptide; Nuclear envelope; Spermatogenesis; Thymopoietin

Indexed keywords

LAMIN; THYMOPOIETIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHROMATIN; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031686272     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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