Cytoskeletal dynamics and spermatogenesis

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 365, Issue 1546, 2010, Pages 1581-1592

  Lie, Pearl P Y ^a   Mruk, Dolores D ^a   Lee, Will M ^b   Cheng, C Yan ^a  

^a POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Actin; Blood testis barrier; Ectoplasmic specialization; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CHROMOSOME; GENETIC ANALYSIS; PROTEIN; SPERM; TOXIN;

EID: 77952748637     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2009.0261     Document Type: Review

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