Major involvement of connexin 43 in seminiferous epithelial junction dynamics and male fertility

Developmental Biology

Volumn 346, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 54-67

  Carette, Diane ^a,b   Weider, Karola ^c   Gilleron, Jérome ^a,d   Giese, Sarah ^c   Dompierre, Jim ^e   Bergmann, Martin ^c   Brehm, Ralph ^f   Denizot, Jean Pierre ^g   Segretain, Dominique ^a,e   Pointis, Georges ^a,b  

^a CENTRE MÉDITERRANÉEN DE MÉDECINE MOLÉCULAIRE C3M   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^g CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Adherens junction; Cx43; Fertility; Gap junction; Sertoli cell knockout Cx43; SiRNA; Tight junction

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CONNEXIN 43; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; OCCLUDIN; PROTEIN ZO1; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; CADHERIN; CDH2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; GJA1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OCLN PROTEIN, MOUSE; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; TJP1 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD TESTIS BARRIER; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL JUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; GERM CELL; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; FERTILITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

ANIMALS; CADHERINS; CELL LINE; CONNEXIN 43; FERTILITY; GAP JUNCTIONS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; OCCLUDIN; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; SEMINIFEROUS EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOGENESIS; ZONULA OCCLUDENS-1 PROTEIN;

EID: 77956396619     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2010.07.014     Document Type: Article

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