Vezatin, a ubiquitous protein of adherens cell-cell junctions, is exclusively expressed in germ cells in mouse testis

Reproduction

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 563-574

  Hyenne, Vincent ^a,d   Harf, Juergen C ^b   Latz, Martin ^b   Maro, Bernard ^a,c   Wolfrum, Uwe ^b   Simmler, Marie Christine ^a,e  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPSIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MYOSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEZATIN;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GERM CELL; HAPLOIDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MEMBRANE STABILIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS CELL;

ACROSOME; ADHERENS JUNCTIONS; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SPERMATOZOA;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 34247569396     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-06-0271     Document Type: Article

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