ELMO1 signaling in apoptotic germ cell clearance and spermatogenesis

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1209, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 30-36

  Elliott, Michael R ^a   Ravichandran, Kodi S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cell clearance; Development; GTPase; Sertoli cell; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATING FACTOR; THROMBOSPONDIN 1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; ELMO1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCING ADAPTOR PROTEIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GERM CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERNALIZATION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; MALE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 78049523305     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2010.05764.x     Document Type: Article

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