Unique and multifunctional adhesion junctions in the testis: Ectoplasmic specializations

Archives of Histology and Cytology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-15

  Vogl, A Wayne ^a   Pfeiffer, David C ^b   Mulholland, David ^a   Klmel, Gil ^a   Guttman, Julian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ROANOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; INTEGRIN;

CELL ADHESION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; EJACULATION; MALE FERTILITY; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

EID: 0034115882     PISSN: 09149465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1679/aohc.63.1     Document Type: Review

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