Phosphorylation of Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 8 (MAPK8) is associated with germ cell apoptosis and redistribution of the Bcl2-Modifying Factor (BMF)

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 338-344

  Show, Matthew D ^a,b   Hill, Christine M ^a,c   Anway, Matthew D ^a,d   Wright, William W ^a   Zirkin, Barry R ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell adhesion; Sertoli cells; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; PROTEIN BMF; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERM CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL ADHESION; CELLS, CULTURED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 8; PHOSPHORYLATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEMINIFEROUS EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 43449104278     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.107.003558     Document Type: Article

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