Ethane 1,2-dimethane sulphonate is a useful tool for studying cell-to-cell interactions in the testis of the frog, Rana esculenta

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 38-47

  Palmiero, Carmela ^a   Ferrara, Diana ^a   De Rienzo, Gianluca ^a   d'Istria, Michela ^a   Minucci, Sergio ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cellular communication; Connexin 43; EDS; Rana esculenta; Testis

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; ETHYLENE GLYCOL DIMESYLATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DAMAGE; CELL DISRUPTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL SWELLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FROG; GAP JUNCTION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS CELL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0037338206     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6480(02)00627-5     Document Type: Article

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