The biology of the desmosome-like junction. A versatile anchoring junction and signal transducer in the seminiferous epithelium

International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology

Volumn 286, Issue C, 2011, Pages 223-269

  Lie, Pearl P Y ^a   Cheng, C Yan ^a   Mruk, Dolores D ^a  

^a POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood testis barrier; Desmosome like junction; Ectoplasmic specialization; Gap junction; Testis; Tight junction

Indexed keywords

ADAM PROTEIN; ARMADILLO PROTEIN; CADHERIN; CALCIUM ION; CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PLAKIN; PROTEINASE; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN; SERINE PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BLOOD TESTIS BARRIER; BOOK; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL ADHESION; CELL MOTION; DESMOSOME; GAP JUNCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GERM CELL; HUMAN; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TIGHT JUNCTION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 78650740255     PISSN: 19376448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-385859-7.00005-7     Document Type: Chapter

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