HE6/GPR64 adhesion receptor co-localizes with apical and subapical F-actin scaffold in male excurrent duct epithelia

Reproduction

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 235-245

  Kirchhoff, Christiane ^a,b   Osterhoff, Caroline ^a   Samalecos, Annemarie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; EZRIN; F ACTIN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; PHALLOIDIN; PROTEIN GPR64; PROTEIN HE6; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRUSH BORDER; CASE REPORT; CELL LABELING; CELL TYPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CILIATED EPITHELIUM; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROVILLUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; STEREOCILIUM; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 50249180251     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-08-0078     Document Type: Article

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