Protocadherin α3 Acts at Sites Distinct from Classic Cadherins in Rat Testis and Sperm

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 303-312

  Johnson, Kamin J ^a,b   Zecevic, Alma ^a   Kwon, Eun J ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CIIT CENTERS FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Gamete biology; Sperm; Spermatid; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CADHERIN; CATENIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; P120 CATENIN; PLECTIN; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTOCADHERIN ALPHA 3; PROTOCADHERIN ALPHA 4; TRITON X 100; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE; PCDHA3 PROTEIN, RAT; PCDHA4 PROTEIN, RAT;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; FLAGELLUM; GAMETE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SPERM; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; WESTERN BLOTTING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CELL MEMBRANE; CENTROSOME; CYTOPLASM; FISCHER 344 RAT; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA;

ACROSOME; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CADHERINS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES, NEURONAL; CENTROSOME; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYTOPLASM; FLAGELLA; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; MALE; MEMBRANE MICRODOMAINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROPEPTIDES; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SPERMATIDS; TESTIS;

EID: 0742271495     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.103.021758     Document Type: Article

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