Expression of the diaphanous-related formin proteins mDia1 and mDia2 in the rat testis

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 237, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2170-2176

  Mironova, Ekaterina ^a   Millette, Clarke F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin cytoskeleton; Formin proteins; mDia1; mDia2; Sertoli cells; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

MDIA1 PROTEIN; MDIA2 PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; METHENAMINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CELL POPULATION; GERM CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TISSUE CULTURE CELL; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CYTOCHROME-B(5) REDUCTASE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROFILAMENTS; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

MAMMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 49449101104     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.21622     Document Type: Article

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