Expression and functional characterization of the adhesion molecule spermatogenic immunoglobulin superfamily in the mouse testis

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1755-1763

  Wakayama, Tomohiko ^a,b   Koami, Hiroyuki ^a   Ariga, Hiroyuki ^a   Kobayashi, Daisuke ^a   Sai, Yoshimichi ^a   Tsuji, Akira ^a   Yamamoto, Miyuki ^a   Iseki, Shoichi ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Graduate School of Medical Science   (Japan)

Author keywords

Sertoli cells; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; SPERMATOGENIC IMMUNOGLOBULIN SUPERFAMILY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GLYCOLYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS; WESTERN BLOTTING; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELLS, CULTURED; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLYCOSYLATION; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PLASMIDS; PRECIPITIN TESTS; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TRANSFECTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037408245     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.102.012344     Document Type: Article

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