The WASp-based actin polymerization machinery is required in somatic support cells for spermatid maturation and release

Development

Volumn 138, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 2729-2739

  Rotkopf, Shay ^a   Hamberg, Yuval ^a   Aigaki, Toshiro ^b   Snapper, Scott B ^c   Shilo, Ben Zion ^a   Schejter, Eyal D ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Energy storage; Kinematics; Resilin

Indexed keywords

ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 2; ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 3; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NEURAL WISKOTT ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN; PROTEIN CDC42;

ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MUTANT; CYST; DROSOPHILA; EJACULATION; EPITHELIUM; MALE; MALE STERILITY; MICROFILAMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINAL VESICLE; SERTOLI CELL; SOMATIC CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS;

ACTIN-RELATED PROTEIN 2-3 COMPLEX; ACTINS; ANIMALS; CDC42 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOGENESIS; WISKOTT-ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN FAMILY; WISKOTT-ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN, NEURONAL;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 79958122193     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.059865     Document Type: Article

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