Changing subcellular localization of nuclear transport factors during human spermatogenesis

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 158-169

  Whiley, P A F ^a,b   Miyamoto, Y ^a,b   Mclachlan, R I ^c   Jans, D A ^a,b   Loveland, K L ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Australian Government Australian Research Council   (Australia)

^c HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Importin; Nuclear export; Nuclear import; Nucleoporin; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

EXPORTIN 1; IMPORTIN ALPHA1; IMPORTIN ALPHA3; IMPORTIN ALPHA4; IMPORTIN BETA1; IMPORTIN BETA3; KARYOPHERIN; NUCLEOCYTOPLASMIC TRANSPORT PROTEIN; NUP62 PROTEIN; PROTEIN; RAN PROTEIN; RANBP1 PROTEIN; RCC1 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CYTOPLASM; GERMLINE MICRONUCLEUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOCYTOPLASMIC TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT, CELL NUCLEUS; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GERM CELLS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; KARYOPHERINS; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NUCLEAR PORE COMPLEX PROTEINS; NUCLEOCYTOPLASMIC TRANSPORT PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOCYTES; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 84855385395     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: 13652605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2011.01202.x     Document Type: Article

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