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A rat spermatocyte surface protein is involved in adhesion of pachytene spermatocytes to Sertoli cells in vitro.
A. D'Agostino, Mario Stefanini
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Abstract
Immunochemical approaches were used in trying to identify rat spermatocyte molecules involved in the adhesion to Sertoli cells in coculture. The results show that a surface protein of 80,000 apparent molecular weight strongly inhibits spermatocyte adhesion, suggesting it to be the germ cell surface component involved in the recognition of Sertoli cells.