Electron microscopic observation of 137Cs-irradiated rat testis: Production of basal laminae for germ cells, despite their absence

Journal of Electron Microscopy

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 391-397

  Sawada, Hajime ^a   Esaki, Michiyo ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basal lamina; Caesium 137; Germ cell; Irradiation; Sertoli cell; Testis

Indexed keywords

CESIUM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GERM CELL; MALE; NEWBORN; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; TESTIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; FEMALE; GERM CELLS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; RATS; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SERTOLI CELLS; TESTIS; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

ANIMALIA; LAMIINAE;

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; GAMMA RAYS; RATS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

137CS; BASAL LAMINA; CAESIUM-137; CELL-BE; CELL/B.E; CELL/BE; CESIUM 137; GERM CELLS; SERTOLI CELLS; TESTIS;

IRRADIATION;

EID: 0142060118     PISSN: 00220744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmicro/52.4.391     Document Type: Article

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