Integrin pattern and effect on contraction in cultured testicular peritubular myoid cells

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 21-27

  Magnanti, Massimo ^a   Gismondi, Angela ^a   Gandini, Orietta ^a   Rossi, Fabio M ^a   Michetti, Paolo M ^a   Santiemma, Vittorio ^a   Morrone, Stefania ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cell adhesion molecules; Seminifereous tubule; Testis

Indexed keywords

BETA1 INTEGRIN; BETA3 INTEGRIN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; INTEGRIN; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 2; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; TESTIS; TESTIS CANCER; TESTIS CELL;

EID: 0035142272     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.8755-8920.2001.450104.x     Document Type: Article

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