Developmental regulation of connexin 43 expression in fetal mouse testicular cells

Anatomical Record

Volumn 264, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 237-246

  Martha Perez Armendariz E ^a,d,e   Lamoyi, Edmundo ^b   Ian Mason, J ^c   Cisneros Armas, David ^a   Francisco Bravo Moreno, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOMÉDICAS   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e HOSPITAL GENERAL DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Connexin43; Development; Differentiation; Fetal testis; Germinal; Gonad; Leydig; Proliferation; Secretion; Sertoli

Indexed keywords

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

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FROZEN SECTION; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SERTOLI CELL; SOMATIC CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; CONNEXIN 43; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GERM CELLS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; SERTOLI CELLS; TESTIS;

EID: 0035500101     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.1164     Document Type: Article

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