Occludin is concentrated at tight junctions of mouse/rat but not human/guinea pig Sertoli cells in testes

American Journal of Physiology

Volumn 274, Issue 6 PART 1, 1998, Pages

  Moroi, Seiji ^a   Saitou, Mitinori ^a   Fujimoto, Kazushi ^a   Sakakibaea, Akira ^a   Furuse, Mikio ^a   Yoshida, Osamu ^a   Tsukita, Shoichiro ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood testis barrier; Cell adhesion; Phosphorylation; Testis; ZO 1

Indexed keywords

EID: 15444343889     PISSN: 00029513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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