Spatially dynamic intercellular adhesion junction is coupled to a microtubule-based motility system: Evidence from an in vitro binding assay

Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-12

  Vogl, A Wayne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

ectoplasmic specializations; Sertoli cell; spermatid translocation

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE MAGNESIUM; CELL PROTEIN; MICROTUBULE PROTEIN; PACLITAXEL;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL ADHESION; CELL MOTILITY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CELL MEMBRANE; CENTRIFUGATION, DENSITY GRADIENT; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; EPITHELIUM; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROTUBULES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATIDS; TUBULIN;

EID: 0029979384     PISSN: 08861544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0169(1996)34:1<1::AID-CM1>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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