"Seminiferous Tubules" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The convoluted tubules in the TESTIS where sperm are produced (SPERMATOGENESIS) and conveyed to the RETE TESTIS. Spermatogenic tubules are composed of developing germ cells and the supporting SERTOLI CELLS.
| Descriptor ID |
D012671
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A05.360.444.849.700
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| Concept/Terms |
Seminiferous Tubules- Seminiferous Tubules
- Seminiferous Tubule
- Tubule, Seminiferous
- Tubules, Seminiferous
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Seminiferous Tubules" by people in Profiles.
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Pais V, Leav I, Lau KM, Jiang Z, Ho SM. Estrogen receptor-beta expression in human testicular germ cell tumors. Clin Cancer Res. 2003 Oct 01; 9(12):4475-82.
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Bittman EL, Doherty L, Huang L, Paroskie A. Period gene expression in mouse endocrine tissues. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2003 Sep; 285(3):R561-9.
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Arnoult C, Lemos JR, Florman HM. Voltage-dependent modulation of T-type calcium channels by protein tyrosine phosphorylation. EMBO J. 1997 Apr 01; 16(7):1593-9.