Mice stage-specific claudin 3 expression regulates progression of meiosis in early stage spermatocytes

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Chihara, Masataka ^a   Ikebuchi, Ryoyo ^a   Otsuka, Saori ^a   Ichii, Osamu ^a   Hashimoto, Yoshiharu ^a   Suzuki, Atsushi ^b   Saga, Yumiko ^c   Kon, Yasuhiro ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood testis barrier; Claudin 3; Meiosis; Spermatogenesis; Tight junction

Indexed keywords

CLAUDIN 11; CLAUDIN 3; CLAUDIN 5; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; OCCLUDIN; PROTEIN ZO1; PROTEIN ZO2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TESTIS BARRIER; GERM CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOCYTE;

BLOOD-TESTIS BARRIER; CLAUDIN 3; MEIOSIS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TIGHT JUNCTION;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; ANIMALS; BLOOD-TESTIS BARRIER; CELL MOVEMENT; CLAUDIN-3; FEMALE; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; MALE; MEIOSIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOCYTES; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 84889006862     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.113.107847     Document Type: Article

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