Cadherin-mediated cell-cell adhesion in the testis

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 398-419

  Goossens, Steven ^a   Van Roy, Frans ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Adherens Junctions; Afadin; Armadillo; Cadherin; Catenin; Cell Cell Adhesion; Contraception; Desmosome; Ectoplasmic Specialization; Junctions; Nectin; Review; Spermatogenesis; Testis; Tubulobulbar Complex

Indexed keywords

ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; AF 2364; AF 2785; AFADIN; BINDING PROTEIN; CADHERIN; CATENIN; CELL PROTEIN; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; DESMOGLEIN; ESTROGEN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; LONIDAMINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; METHYLTESTOSTERONE; NECTIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; PLAKIN; PLAKOGLOBIN; PLAKOPHILIN; PONSIN; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UVOMORULIN; VEZATIN; WNT PROTEIN;

BINDING SITE; CELL ADHESION; CELL JUNCTION; CONDOM; CONTRACEPTION; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DESMOSOME; ENDOCYTOSIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; GERM CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; SERTOLI CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

ARMADILLO;

EID: 17444420701     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/1537     Document Type: Review

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