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Science 4 January 2002:
Vol. 295. no. 5552, pp. 53 - 54
DOI: 10.1126/science.1068156
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Perspectives

DEVELOPMENT:
Carbohydrate Recognition in Spermatogenesis

Takashi Muramatsu

For successful spermatogenesis, male germ cells must adhere tightly to their support cells, called Sertoli cells, in the testis. A Perspective by Muramatsu discusses new work (Akama et al.) that identifies a unique oligosaccharide attached to a germ cell glycoprotein that binds to Sertoli cells.

The author is in the Department of Biochemistry, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan. E-mail: tmurama{at}med.nagoya-u.ac.jp

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