Hybrid GPCR/cadherin (Celsr) proteins in rat testis are expressed with cell type specificity and exhibit differential Sertoli cell-germ cell adhesion activity

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 529-538

  Beall, Stephanie A ^a   Boekelheide, Kim ^a   Johnson, Kamin J ^a,b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CIIT CENTERS FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Flamingo; Seminiferous epithelium; Spermatid

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; HYBRID PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN CELSR; PROTEIN CELSR1; PROTEIN CELSR2; PROTEIN CELSR3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL ADHESION; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GERM CELL; GOLGI COMPLEX; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MOTIF; RAT; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS CELL;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CADHERINS; CELL ADHESION; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; RATS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

EID: 20444436222     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.05003     Document Type: Article

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