Meiotic progression of rat spermatocytes requires mitogen-activated protein kinases of Sertoli cells and close contacts between the germ cells and the Sertoli cells

Developmental Biology

Volumn 315, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 173-188

  Godet, Murielle ^a,b,c   Sabido, Odile ^d   Gilleron, Jérôme ^c   Durand, Philippe ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

Author keywords

ERK1 2; Germ cells; MAPK; Meiosis; Sertoli cells; Spermatocytes; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

1,4 DIAMINO 1,4 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYLTHIO) 2,3 DICYANOBUTADIENE; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE 2;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CONTACT; CELL CULTURE; CELL ISOLATION; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GERM CELL; MALE; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PACHYTENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE;

RATTUS;

EID: 39249085150     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2007.12.019     Document Type: Article

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