Tight junctions in the testis: New perspectives

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 365, Issue 1546, 2010, Pages 1621-1635

  Mruk, Dolores D ^a   Cheng, C Y ^a  

^a POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood testis barrier; Testis; Tight junction

Indexed keywords

CANCER; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HORMONE; PROTEIN; VIRUS;

EID: 77952786593     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0010     Document Type: Review

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