Vitamin A modulation of basement membrane production by purified testicular myoid cells

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 249, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 102-108

  Ricci, G ^a   Catizone, A ^a   Scarcella, M F ^a   Galdieri, M ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Collagen IV; Extracellular matrix; Fibronectin; Laminin; Myoid cells; Retinol; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 4; FIBRONECTIN; LAMININ; RETINOL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MYOIDEA; NOTOLABRUS CELIDOTUS;

EID: 0033602744     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/excr.1999.4444     Document Type: Article

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