Expression of connexin43 in mouse Leydig, Sertoli, and germinal cells at different stages of postnatal development

Anatomical Record

Volumn 264, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 13-24

  Francisco Bravo Moreno, J ^a   Díaz Sánchez, Vicente ^b   Montoya Flores, José G ^a   Lamoyi, Edmundo ^a   Saéz, Juan C ^c   Martha Perez Armendariz E ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^d INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOMÉDICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cx43; Development; Differentiation; Germinal; Leydig; Proliferation; Secretion; Sertoli

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; CELL NUCLEUS ANTIGEN; CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SECRETION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; GAP JUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GERM CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INTERSTITIUM; LEYDIG CELL; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 0035450519     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.1100     Document Type: Article

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