A novel subcellular machine contributes to basal junction remodeling in the seminiferous epithelium

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Du, Min ^a   Young, J'Nelle ^a   De Asis, Marc ^a   Cipollone, Jane ^a   Roskelley, Calvin ^a   Takai, Yoshimi ^b   Nicholls, Peter K ^c   Stanton, Peter G ^c   Deng, Wanyin ^d   Finlay, B Brett ^d   Vogl, A Wayne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cell culture; Cytoskeleton; Sertoli cells; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CLAUDIN 11; CONNEXIN 43; EARLY ENDOSOME ANTIGEN 1; NECTIN 2; RAB PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD TESTIS BARRIER; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GAP JUNCTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; INTERNALIZATION; MALE; MOLECULAR PROBE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CELLS, CULTURED; CLAUDINS; CONNEXIN 43; ENDOCYTOSIS; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; MALE; RAB5 GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEMINIFEROUS EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELLS; VESICULAR TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

MAMMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 84875187194     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.112.104851     Document Type: Article

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