The scribble/Lgl/Dlg polarity protein complex is a regulator of blood-testis barrier dynamics and spermatid polarity during spermatogenesis

Endocrinology

Volumn 153, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 6041-6053

  Su, Wenhui ^a,b   Wong, Elissa W P ^a   Mruk, Dolores D ^a   Cheng, C Yan ^a  

^a POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CELL PROTEIN; F ACTIN; OCCLUDIN; PROTEIN DLG1; PROTEIN LGL2; PROTEIN SCRIBBLE; PROTEIN ZO1; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD TESTIS BARRIER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GERM CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; RNA INTERFERENCE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TIGHT JUNCTION;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; ANIMALS; BLOOD-TESTIS BARRIER; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TIGHT JUNCTIONS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 84870211348     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2012-1670     Document Type: Article

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