C-terminal region of teneurin-1 co-localizes with the dystroglycan complex in adult mouse testes and regulates testicular size and testosterone production

Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 191-211

  Chand, Dhan ^a   Colacci, Michael ^a   Dixon, Katelyn ^a   Kollara, Alexandra ^b,c   Brown, Theodore J ^b,c   Lovejoy, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Smooth muscle actin; Dystroglycan; Epididymis; Peptide; Teneurin; Testis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; DYSTROGLYCANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; ORGAN SIZE; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84893876353     PISSN: 09486143     EISSN: 1432119X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00418-013-1154-1     Document Type: Article

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