Polarity proteins and actin regulatory proteins are unlikely partners that regulate cell adhesion in the seminiferous epithelium during spermatogenesis

Histology and Histopathology

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1465-1474

  Yan Cheng, C ^a   Wong, Elissa W P ^a   Lie, Pearl P Y ^a   Mruk, Dolores D ^a   Xiao, Xiang ^a   Li, Michelle W M ^a   Lui, Wing Yee ^b   Lee, Will M ^b  

^a The Mary M Wohlford Laboratory for Male Contraceptive Research   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Actin regulators; Anchoring junction; Arp3; Cdc42; Ectoplasmic specialization; Eps8; GTPase; PAR6; Polarity proteins; Seminiferous epithelial cycle; Testis

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA;

EID: 80053211264     PISSN: 02133911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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