Intron retention generates a novel isoform of CEACAM6 that may act as an adhesion molecule in the ectoplasmic specialization structures between spermatids and sertoli cells in rat testis

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1062-1073

  Kurio, Hitoshi ^a   Murayama, Emi ^a   Kaneko, Takane ^a   Shibata, Yosaburo ^b   Inai, Tetsuichiro ^b   Iida, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gamete biology; Gametogenesis; Sertoli cells; Sperm; Testis

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN RELATED CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 6; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL MEMBRANE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRON; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

ALKYLATING AGENTS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BUSULFAN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; INTRONS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RATS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMINIFEROUS EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATIDS; TESTIS;

RATTUS;

EID: 56749095325     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.108.069872     Document Type: Article

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