Ultrastructural studies demonstrate that epithelial polarity is established in cultured mouse pre-Sertoli cells by extracellular matrix components

Journal of Electron Microscopy

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 159-165

  Mackay, Sarah ^a   Booth, Steven H ^a   MacGowan, Alice ^a   Smith, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell polarity; Fibronectin; In vitro; Laminin; Pre Sertoli cells; Reconstituted basement membrane

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

BUILDINGS; CELLS;

BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POLARITY; FIBRONECTIN; IN-VITRO; LAMININ; PRE-SERTOLI CELL; RECONSTITUTED BASEMENT MEMBRANE; SERTOLI CELLS; ULTRASTRUCTURAL STUDY;

CELL ADHESION;

EID: 0032908794     PISSN: 00220744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jmicro.a023662     Document Type: Article

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