Peritubular myoid cells from rat seminiferous tubules contain actin and myosin filaments distributed in two independent layers

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Losinno, Antonella D ^a   Morales, Alfonsina ^a   Fernández, Dario ^a   Lopez, Luis A ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Actin filament; Contraction; Myosin filament; Peritubular myoid cell; Seminiferous tubule

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTILE PROTEIN; ENDOTHELIN 1; MYOSIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERITUBULAR MYOID CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS CELL; THICKNESS; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

MAMMALIA; MYOIDA; RATTUS;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; ANIMALS; ENDOTHELIN-1; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MYOSINS; RATS; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES;

EID: 84864017880     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.111.095158     Document Type: Article

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