"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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| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Seminiferous Tubules" by people in Profiles.
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Visualization and Quantification of Rapid Chromosome Movements at Early Stages of Mouse Meiosis. Methods Mol Biol. 2024; 2818:171-177.
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Mechanism and regulation of rapid telomere prophase movements in mouse meiotic chromosomes. Cell Rep. 2015 Apr 28; 11(4):551-63.
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Low frequency of HIF-1a overexpression in germ cell tumors of the testis. Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol. 2013 Mar; 21(2):165-9.