Identification and characterization of espin, an actin-binding protein localized to the F-actin-rich junctional plaques of Sertoli cell ectoplasmic specializations

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1229-1239

  Bartles, James R ^a   Wierda, Allison ^a   Zheng, Lili ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ankyrin repeat; Cytoskeleton; Espin; Forked; Junction; Seminiferous epithelium; Spermiogenesis

Indexed keywords

ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; ANKYRIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ESPIN; F ACTIN; GLUTAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GLUTAMINE; LYSINE; MESSENGER RNA; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIN FILAMENT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FIBROBLAST; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; STOICHIOMETRY; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029896454     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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