Regulation of sertoli-germ cell adhesion and sperm release by fsh and nonclassical testosterone signaling

Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 238-252

  Shupe, John ^a   Cheng, Jing ^a   Puri, Pawan ^a   Kostereva, Nataliya ^a   Walker, William H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; FOLLITROPIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; RAF PROTEIN; TESTOSTERONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BINDING; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG RESPONSE; EJACULATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EXPLANT; GERM CELL; MALE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOZOON; SRC HOMOLOGY DOMAIN;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CELLS, CULTURED; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; MALE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RAF KINASES; RATS; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SERTOLI CELLS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; SRC-FAMILY KINASES; TESTOSTERONE;

RATTUS;

EID: 79951711094     PISSN: 08888809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/me.2010-0030     Document Type: Article

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