Quantitative Analysis of the Cellular Composition in Seminiferous Tubules in Normal and Genetically Modified Infertile Mice

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 99-113

  Nakata, Hiroki ^a   Wakayama, Tomohiko ^a   Takai, Yoshimi ^b   Iseki, Shoichi ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

cell adhesion molecule; fluorescence; immunohistochemistry; lectin; spermatogenesis; stage

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NECTIN 2; NECTIN 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; NECTINS;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COMPOSITION; CELL ELONGATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MODIFICATION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; ANIMAL; DEFICIENCY; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETICS; PATHOLOGY; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

MUS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MICE; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 84921513706     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: 15515044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1369/0022155414562045     Document Type: Article

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