Dynamic testicular adhesion junctions are immunologically unique. II. Localization of classic cadherins in rat testis

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 992-1000

  Johnson, Kamin J ^a   Boekelheide, Kim ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; CADHERIN 11; CADHERIN 6; L4 CADHERIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036196243     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod66.4.992     Document Type: Article

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