Lectin affinity of the seminiferous epithelium in healthy and cryptorchid post-pubertal boars

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 153-164

  Pinart, E ^a   Bonet, S ^a   Briz, M ^a   Pastor, L M ^b   Sancho, S ^a   Garcia N ^a   Badia, E ^a   Bassols, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abdominal cryptorchidism; Germ cells; Histochemistry; Sertoli cells; Sus domesticus

Indexed keywords

GALACTOSE; LECTIN;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BOVIDS; CELL ADHESION; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; ION TRANSPORT; MALE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM;

ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CRYPTORCHIDISM; GLYCOCONJUGATES; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INFERTILITY, MALE; LECTINS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEMINIFEROUS EPITHELIUM; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 0035013244     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2605.2001.00282.x     Document Type: Article

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