Acrosomal component of rat round spermatids recognized by a novel monoclonal antibody

Endocrine Regulations

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 155-159

  Russinova, A I ^a   Atanassova, N N ^a   Paskaleva, M L ^a   Kancheva, L S ^a  

^a BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Acrosome; Immunocytochemistry; Novel monoclonal antibody; Round spermatids; Spermatocytes; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040507701     PISSN: 12100668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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