Identification and characterization of espin, an actin-binding protein localized to the F-actin-rich junctional plaques of Sertoli cell ectoplasmic specializations

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				J. A. Guttman, P. Janmey, and A. W. Vogl Gelsolin -- evidence for a role in turnover of junction-related actin filaments in Sertoli cells J. Cell Sci., January 2, 2002; 115(3): 499 - 505. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				M. Maekawa, Y. Toyama, M. Yasuda, T. Yagi, and S. Yuasa Fyn Tyrosine Kinase in Sertoli Cells Is Involved in Mouse Spermatogenesis Biol Reprod, January 1, 2002; 66(1): 211 - 221. [Abstract] [Full Text]

				D. J. Mulholland, S. Dedhar, and A. Wayne Vogl Rat Seminiferous Epithelium Contains a Unique Junction (Ectoplasmic Specialization) with Signaling Properties Both of Cell/Cell and Cell/Matrix Junctions Biol Reprod, January 1, 2001; 64(1): 396 - 407. [Abstract] [Full Text]

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