Mitotic, but not meiotic, oriented cell divisions in rat spermatogenesis

Reproduction

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 471-478

  Lagos Cabré, Raul ^a   Moreno, Ricardo D ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NOCODAZOLE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOME POSITIONING; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; MALE; MEIOSIS; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MICROTUBULE ORGANIZING CENTER; MITOSIS; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPINDLE CELL;

ANIMALS; INJECTIONS; MALE; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; NOCODAZOLE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPERMATOGENESIS; TUBULIN MODULATORS;

MAMMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 42549139787     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-07-0389     Document Type: Article

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