Interactions of Proteases, Protease Inhibitors, and the β1 Integrin/Laminin γ3 Protein Complex in the Regulation of Ectoplasmic Specialization Dynamics in the Rat Testis

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 945-964

  Siu, Michelle K Y ^a   Cheng, C Yan ^a  

^a POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

Author keywords

Sertoli cells; Signal transduction; Testis

Indexed keywords

2 [(4 BIPHENYLYLSULFONYL)AMINO] 3 PHENYLPROPIONIC ACID; 9 OCTADECENOYL N HYDROXYLAMIDE; BETA1 INTEGRIN; GELATINASE A; LAMININ; LAMININ GAMMA3; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE INHIBITOR; PROTEINASE; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME INHIBITION; GERM CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINASE INHIBITION; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TESTIS;

ADHERENS JUNCTIONS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIGENS, CD29; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLS, CULTURED; ENDOPEPTIDASES; ENZYME ACTIVATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAMININ; MALE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 2; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASES, MEMBRANE-ASSOCIATED; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEMINIFEROUS EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE-2;

EID: 1242281830     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.103.023606     Document Type: Article

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