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A seamless trespass: germ cell migration across the seminiferous epithelium during spermatogenesis

During spermatogenesis, preleptotene spermatocytes traverse the blood–testis barrier (BTB) in the seminiferous epithelium, which is reminiscent of viral pathogens breaking through the tight junctions of host epithelial cells. The process also closely resembles the migration of leukocytes across endo...

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Autores principales: Wang, Claire Q.F., Cheng, C. Yan
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Rockefeller University Press|1 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2064462/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17698604
http://dx.doi.org/10.1083/jcb.200704061