Sertoli cell nuclear pore number changes in some stages of the spermatogenic cycle of the rat seminiferous epithelium

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 268-273

  Cavicchia, J C ^a,b   Sacerdote, F L ^a   Morales, A ^a   Zhu, B C ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

^b Instituto de Histologia y Embriologia   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Nuclear pores; Sertoli cell; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; GERM CELL; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOGRAPHY; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031899461     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-8166(98)80075-X     Document Type: Article

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