Immunohistochemical study of protein 4.1B in the normal and W/W v mouse seminiferous epithelium

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 769-777

  Terada, Nobuo ^a   Ohno, Nobuhiko ^a   Yamakawa, Hisashi ^b   Baba, Takeshi ^a   Fujii, Yasuhisa ^a   Zea, Zagreb ^a   Ohara, Osamu ^b   Ohno, Shinichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^b KAZUSA DNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell cell adhesion; Junction; Sertoli cell; Spermatogonium; Testis

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; ERYTHROCYTE BAND 4.1 PROTEIN; ERYTHROCYTE BAND 4.1B PROTEIN; F ACTIN; PROTEIN P15; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GERM CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM;

ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; SEMINIFEROUS EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELLS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 2542519151     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1369/jhc.3A6192.2004     Document Type: Article

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