Map/microtubule affinity-regulating kinases, microtubule dynamics, and spermatogenesis

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 217, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Tang, Elizabeth I ^a   Mruk, Dolores D ^a   Cheng, C Yan ^a  

^a POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

Author keywords

MARKs; Microtubule; Seminiferous epithelial cycle; Spermatid adhesion; Spermatogenesis; Spermiogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; BETA TUBULIN; CALCIUM CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE I; DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3BETA; KATANIN; KINESIN; MICROTUBULE AFFINITY REGULATING KINASE; MICROTUBULE AFFINITY REGULATING KINASE 2; MICROTUBULE AFFINITY REGULATING KINASE 4; MICROTUBULE AFFINITY REGULATING KINASE KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MOLECULAR MOTOR; P21 ACTIVATED KINASE 5; PROTEIN; PROTEIN 14 3 3; PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEIN KINASE LKB1; SPASTIN; STATHMIN; STERILE 20 PROTEIN; TAU PROTEIN; TESTIS SPECIFIC PROTEIN KINASE 1; THOUSAND AND ONE AMINO ACID PROTEIN KINASE; UBIQUITIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIN FILAMENT; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL CYCLE; CELL METABOLISM; CELL POLARITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CYTOSKELETON; DESMOSOME; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; EPITHELIUM CELL; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; LAMELLIPODIUM; MAMMAL CELL; MEIOSIS; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION; TESTIS; TIGHT JUNCTION;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CYTOSKELETON; HUMANS; MALE; MICROTUBULES; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TUBULIN;

EID: 84877325808     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: 14796805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/JOE-12-0586     Document Type: Review

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