Identification and characterization of a novel Rab GTPase-activating protein in spermatids

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 34, Issue 5 PART 2, 2011, Pages

  Lin, Y H ^a,d   Lin, Y M ^b   Kuo, Y C ^a   Wang, Y Y ^c   Kuo, P L ^a,d  

^a Graduate Institute of Basic Medical Sciences   (Taiwan)

^b Department of Urology ^*  (Taiwan)

^c Institute of Molecular Medicine   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

GAP; MgcRabGAP; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; CELL PROTEIN; MALE GERM CELLS RAB GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE ACTIVATING PROTEIN; RAB PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CELL ELONGATION; CYTOSKELETON; GERM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ACROSOME; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CYTOSKELETON; GTPASE-ACTIVATING PROTEINS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MICE; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RAB3A GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

EID: 80053432970     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: 13652605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2010.01126.x     Document Type: Article

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