Unexpected requirement for ELMO1 in clearance of apoptotic germ cells in vivo

Nature

Volumn 467, Issue 7313, 2010, Pages 333-337

  Elliott, Michael R ^a   Zheng, Shuqiu ^a   Park, Daeho ^a   Woodson, Robin I ^a   Reardon, Michael A ^a   Juncadella, Ignacio J ^a   Kinchen, Jason M ^a   Zhang, Jun ^a   Lysiak, Jeffrey J ^a   Ravichandran, Kodi S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; ELMO1 PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE; RAC1 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANGIOGENIC PROTEIN; BAI1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; ELMO1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; NEUROPEPTIDE; RAC PROTEIN; RAC1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCING ADAPTOR PROTEIN;

APOPTOSIS; CYTOLOGY; HOMEOSTASIS; PATHOLOGY; PROTEIN; SPERM;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERM CELL; GIANT CELL; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERNALIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELL; SPERM; TESTIS; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL LINE; CYTOLOGY; DEFICIENCY; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOZOON;

MUS;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; ANGIOGENIC PROTEINS; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL LINE; HOMEOSTASIS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEUROPEPTIDES; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINES; RAC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; RAC1 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; SEMINIFEROUS EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELLS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 77956945047     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature09356     Document Type: Article

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