Dynamic testicular adhesion junctions are immunologically unique. I. Localization of p120 catenin in rat testis

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 983-991

  Johnson, Kamin J ^a   Boekelheide, Kim ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Male reproductive tract; Sertoli cells; Spermatid; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CATENIN; F ACTIN; ISOPROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY 15D2; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY 5A7; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY 8D11; PLECTIN; PROTEIN P120; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL JUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESMOSOME; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TISSUE HOMOGENATE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036196242     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod66.4.983     Document Type: Article

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