FNDC3A is required for adhesion between spermatids and Sertoli cells

Developmental Biology

Volumn 298, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 498-513

  Obholz, Kevin L ^a,c   Akopyan, Arsen ^a   Waymire, Katrina G ^a,b   MacGregor, Grant R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acrosome; Adhesion; Fndc3a; Leydig; Sertoli; Spermatid; Sterility

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; FIBRONECTIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROLINE;

ACROSOME; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL ADHESION; CHROMOSOME 14; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FEMALE; FNDC3A GENE; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENOME; HYDROPHOBICITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MALE STERILITY; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONTENT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; STAINING;

EID: 33748978366     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2006.06.054     Document Type: Article

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