Actin-related intercellular adhesion junctions in the germinal compartment of the testis in the hagfish (Eptatretus stouti) and lamprey (Lampetra tridentatus)

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 450-459

  Pfeiffer, D C ^a   Vogl, A W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Germinal epithelium; Hagfish; Intercellular junctions; Lamprey; Sertoli cells

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; PHALLOIDIN; RHODAMINE;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL ADHESION; CELL ELONGATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESMOSOME; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FROZEN SECTION; GERM LAYER; HAGFISH; LAMPREY; MALE; MAMMAL; MICROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; SERTOLI CELL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; TESTIS; VERTEBRATE;

EPTATRETUS; EPTATRETUS STOUTII; HAGFISH; LAMPETRA; MAMMALIA; PETROMYZONTIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036917711     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S004081660200085X     Document Type: Article

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