Is the cadherin/catenin complex a functional unit of cell-cell actin-based adherens junctions in the rat testis?

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 489-508

  Lee, Nikki P Y ^a   Mruk, Dolores ^a   Lee, Will M ^b   Cheng, C Yan ^a  

^a POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Sertoli cells; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

3,3' DITHIOBIS(SUCCINIMIDYL PROPIONATE); ACTIN; AFADIN; ALPHA CATENIN; ALPHA6 INTEGRIN; BETA CATENIN; BETA1 INTEGRIN; CADHERIN; CATENIN; MESSENGER RNA; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; NECTIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; PROTEIN P120; TESTOSTERONE; TUBULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UVOMORULIN; VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL LEVEL; CELL LYSATE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERM CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

ACTINS; ADHERENS JUNCTIONS; ALPHA CATENIN; ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; CADHERINS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; MALE; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037306844     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.102.005793     Document Type: Article

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