Emergent roles for intercellular adhesion molecule-1 in the restructuring of the blood-testis barrier during spermatogenesis in the mammal

Histology and Histopathology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 159-166

  Mruk, Dolores D ^a  

^a POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood testis barrier; Cell junction; Germ cell movement; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

ICAM1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; ICAM1 PROTEIN, RAT; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ANIMAL; BLOOD TESTIS BARRIER; CELL ADHESION; CELL MOTION; CYTOLOGY; GERM CELL; MALE; METABOLISM; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; BLOOD-TESTIS BARRIER; CELL ADHESION; CELL MOVEMENT; GERM CELLS; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE-1; MALE; RATS; SEMINIFEROUS EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOCYTES; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

EID: 84957605773     PISSN: 02133911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14670/HH-11-672     Document Type: Review

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