Involvement of classical bipartite/karyopherin nuclear import pathway components in acrosomal trafficking and assembly during bovine and murid spermiogenesis

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Tran, Mong Hoa ^a   Aul, Ritu B ^a   Xu, Wei ^a   van der Hoorn, Frans A ^b   Oko, Richard ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acrosome; Gametogenesis; Karyopherin alpha; Sperm; Subh2bv

Indexed keywords

KARYOPHERIN ALPHA; PROTEIN; SUBH2BV PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HISTONE;

ACROSOME; ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOGENESIS; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL VACUOLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; CYTOPLASM; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GOLGI COMPLEX; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR IMPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; RAT; SOMATIC CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS; ULTRASOUND; WESTERN BLOTTING; ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ANIMAL; CATTLE; GENETICS; MOUSE; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BOVINAE; MAMMALIA; MURIDAE;

ACROSOME; ACTIVE TRANSPORT, CELL NUCLEUS; ALPHA KARYOPHERINS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HISTONES; MALE; MICE; MUTATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERM HEAD; SPERMATOGENESIS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 84860625182     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.111.096842     Document Type: Article

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