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Gap junctions in spermatocyte cysts of Drosophila hydei testis |
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| Authors: | Winfrid Liebrich Dieter Schroeter |
| Institution: | 1. Institut für Genetik, Universit?t Düsseldorf , Universit?tsstrasse 1, D-4000 , Düsseldorf;2. Institut für Zell- und Tumorbiologie, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum , Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, D-6900 , Heidelberg , F.R.G. |
| Abstract: | Gap junctions between cyst cells and adjacent spermatocytes have been found in Drosophila hydei by means of the freeze-etching technique. The existence of these cellular junctions suggests that these structures could serve to exchange information between the two types of cells. |
| Keywords: | Drosophila spermatogenesis gap junction spermatocyte cyst cyst cell |