Cortactin (CTTN), N-WASP (WASL), and Clathrin (CLTC) Are Present at Podosome-Like Tubulobulbar Complexes in the rat testis

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 153-161

  Young, J'Nelle S ^a   Guttman, Julian A ^b   Vaid, Kuljeet S ^a   Shahinian, Hasmik ^a   Wayne Vogl, A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Life Sciences Institute   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clathrin (CLTC); Cortactin (CTTN); Male reproductive tract; N WASP (WASL); Sertoli cells; Spermatogenesis; Testis; Tubulobulbar complexes

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CLATHRIN; CORTACTIN; NEURAL WISKOTT ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCYTOSIS; FROZEN SECTION; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR PROBE; NONHUMAN; PODOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RAT; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTIS CELL; TUBULOBULBAR COMPLEX;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES, NEURONAL; CLATHRIN; MALE; MICE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEMINIFEROUS EPITHELIUM; WISKOTT-ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN, NEURONAL;

MAMMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 58149522493     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.108.070615     Document Type: Article

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