Characterizing mouse male germ cell-specific actin capping protein α3 (CPα3): Dynamic patterns of expression in testicular and epididymal sperm

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 711-718

  Tokuhiro, Keizo ^a   Miyagawa, Yasushi ^b   Tanaka, Hiromitsu ^a,c,d  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NAGASAKI INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acrosome; Malegerm cell specific; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

ACTIN ANTIBODY; ACTIN CAPPING PROTEIN; BETA ACTIN; CAPPING PROTEIN ALPHA3;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; SPERMATOZOON TAIL; TESTIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACROSOME REACTION; ACTINS; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CAPZ ACTIN CAPPING PROTEIN; CELLS, CULTURED; EPIDIDYMIS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; SPERM HEAD; SPERM TAIL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

EID: 50149114955     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7262.2008.00426.x     Document Type: Article

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