Co-expression and interaction of cubilin and megalin in the adult male rat reproductive system

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 129-135

  Van Praet, Oliver ^a,b   Argraves, W Scott ^a   Morales, Carlos R ^a,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c Department of Anatomy ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Efferent ducts; Endocytosis; Endosomes; Epididymis; Rat; Vas deferens

Indexed keywords

CUBILIN; MEGALIN; RAP PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LEVEL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSOME; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; GENITALIA, MALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LDL-RECEPTOR RELATED PROTEIN 2; MALE; RATS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RNA, MESSENGER;

CAPUT;

EID: 0037296697     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.10245     Document Type: Article

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