Unraveling the molecular targets pertinent to junction restructuring events during spermatogenesis using the Adjudin-induced germ cell depletion model

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 192, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 563-583

  Xia, Weiliang ^b   Mruk, Dolores D ^b   Lee, Will M ^a   Cheng, C Yan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; PROTEINASE; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GERM CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; TARGET CELL; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, MALE; CYTOKINES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GERM CELLS; HYDRAZINES; INDAZOLES; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, CYTOKINE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

EID: 33947367483     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/JOE-06-0158     Document Type: Article

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