Truncated isoform of mouse αT-catenin is testis-restricted in expression and function

FASEB Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 647-655

  Goossens, Steven ^a   Janssens, Barbara ^a,b   Vanpoucke, Griet ^a,c   De Rycke, Riet ^a   Van Hengel, Jolanda ^a   Van Roy, Frans ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Wiley VCH   (Germany)

^c Peakadilly nv   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Afadin; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CATENIN; BETA CATENIN; ISOPROTEIN; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; PROTEIN ALPHAT CATENIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COLON CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CTNNA3 GENE; GENE; GERM CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

ALPHA CATENIN; ANIMALS; GENE DELETION; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TESTIS; YEASTS;

EID: 33847358805     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.06-6066com     Document Type: Article

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