Ability of trypsin in mimicking germ cell factors that affect Sertoli cell secretory function

Journal of Cellular Physiology

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 123-133

  Aravindan, G Rolands ^a   Pineau, Charles P ^a   Bardin, C Wayne ^a   Cheng, C Yan ^a  

^a POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL FACTOR; CLUSTERIN; METHYLTESTOSTERONE; TRYPSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; DRUG ACTIVITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GERM CELL; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL SEPARATION; CELLS, CULTURED; GERM CELLS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TRYPSIN;

EID: 0343712846     PISSN: 00219541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4652(199607)168:1<123::AID-JCP15>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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