Table 1.

Reports claiming that desmosomes or desmosome-like junctions or desmosome-specific molecules occur in the tubuli seminiferi of mammalian testes (only references since 1983 are considered here, as identifications using molecule-specific antibodies against desmosomal components have been generally available since that year); for complete references, see Electronic Supplementary Material, Table S1

Alves et al. (2013)

Bergmann et al. (1984)

Chapin et al. (2001)

Cheng and Mruk (2002, 2011, 2012)

Cheng et al. (2011, 2013)

Goossens and van Roy (2005)

Johnson and Boekelheide (2002a,b)

Kopera et al. (2010)

Lee and Cheng (2004)

Lee et al. (2009)

Li JCH et al. (2001)

Li MWM et al. (2009, 2010)

Lie et al. (2010, 2011)

Mok et al. (2013a)

Morrow et al. (2010)

Mruk and Cheng (2004a, b, 2011)

Mruk et al. (2013)

Mullholland et al. (2001)

Russell and Peterson (1985)

Su et al. (2013)

Vogl et al. (2000, 2008, 2013a,b)

Wine and Chapin (1999)

Wong and Cheng (2005)

Wong et al. (2004, 2005)

Xia et al. (2005)

Yan et al. (2007)

Yan and Cheng (2005)

Zhang et al. (2005a,b)