The Sertoli cell cytoskeleton

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 636, Issue , 2008, Pages 186-211

  Wayne Vogl, A ^a   Vaid, Kuljeet S ^a   Guttman, Julian A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CYTOSKELETON; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; CYTOSKELETON; HUMANS; MALE; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 58149490806     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-09597-4_11     Document Type: Article

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