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MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY
卷 20, 期 8, 页码 2865-2873出版社
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.20.8.2865-2873.2000
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- NIAID NIH HHS [AI34418] Funding Source: Medline
Nectin-2 is a cell adhesion molecule encoded by a member of the poliovirus receptor gene family. This family consists of human, monkey, rat, and murine genes that are members of the immunoglobulin gene superfamily, Nectin-2 is a component of cell-cell adherens junctions and interacts with 1-afadin, an F-actin-binding protein, Disruption of both alleles of the murine nectin-2 gene resulted in morphologically aberrant spermatozoa with defects in nuclear and cytoskeletal morphology and mitochondrial localization. Homozygous null males are sterile, while homozygous null females, as well as heterozygous males and females, are fertile, The production by nectin-2(-/-) mice of normal numbers of spermatozoa containing wild-type levels of DNA suggests that Nectin-2 functions at a late stage of germ cell development. Consistent with such a role, Nectin-2 is expressed in the testes only during the later stages of spermatogenesis. The structural defects observed in spermatozoa of nectin-2(-/-) mice suggest a role for this protein in organization and reorganization of the cytoskeleton during spermiogenesis.
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