Short communication: Reticulin fibres in the tunica albuginea and peritubular tissue of seminiferous tubules of adult male wistar rats

Acta Histochemica

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 279-283

  Fakoya, Francis Adelade ^a  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Myoid cells; Rat testis; Reticulinfibres; Seminiferous tubules; Tunica albuginea; Type III collagen

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COLLAGEN; IMPREGNATION; SILVER; TISSUE;

FINE FIBRES;

BLOOD;

COLLAGEN TYPE 3; RETICULIN; COLLAGEN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; COLLAGEN METABOLISM; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; FIBER; GERM LAYER; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SILVER IMPREGNATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; STAINING; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; THYMUS; TISSUE SECTION; TUNICA ALBUGINEA; ANIMAL; EPITHELIUM; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; TESTIS; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALIA; MYOIDA; MYOIDEA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

ANIMALS; COLLAGEN; EPITHELIUM; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RETICULIN; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

EID: 0036361372     PISSN: 00651281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0065-1281-00646     Document Type: Article

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