SPAG4L/SPAG4L-2 are testis-specific SUN domain proteins restricted to the apical nuclear envelope of round spermatids facing the acrosome

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 207-218

  Frohnert, Cornelia ^a   Schweizer, Stephanie ^a   Hoyer Fender, Sigrid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acrosome; Spermiogenesis; SUN domain protein

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RNA; SPAG4L 2 PROTEIN; SPAG4L PROTEIN; SUN DOMAIN PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CYTOPLASM; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GENE SEQUENCE; GERM CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ACROSOME; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NIH 3T3 CELLS; NUCLEAR ENVELOPE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPERMATIDS;

INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 79952591505     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gaq099     Document Type: Article

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