A kinesin is present at unique sertoli/spermatid adherens junctions in rat and mouse testes

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1037-1048

  Vaid, Kuljeet S ^a   Guttman, Julian A ^b   Singaraja, Roshni R ^a   Vogl, A Wayne ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Life Sciences Institute   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adherens junctions; Ectoplasmic specializations; Kinesin; Sertoli cells; Spermatid translocation; Testis

Indexed keywords

KINESIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADHERENS JUNCTIONS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; CYTOPLASM; KINESIN; MALE; MICE; PEPTIDES; RATS; SERTOLI CELLS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPERMATIDS;

RATTUS;

EID: 36649018266     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.107.063735     Document Type: Article

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