Relationship of Sertoli-Sertoli tight junctions to ectoplasmic specialization in conventional and en face views

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1232-1241

  Parreira, Gleydes G ^a   Melo, Rossana C N ^a   Russell, Lonnie D ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Male reproductive tract; Sertoli cells; Sperm motility and transport; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; FERROCYANIDE; OSMIUM;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FREEZE FRACTURE; GAP JUNCTION; MALE; MEMBRANE FUSION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SERTOLI CELL; TIGHT JUNCTION; TISSUE FIXATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036786835     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod67.4.1232     Document Type: Article

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