Interendothelial junctions: Structure, signalling and functional roles

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 674-682

  Lampugnani, Maria Grazia ^a   Dejana, Elisabetta ^a  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIGHT JUNCTION;

EID: 0000593022     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-0674(97)80121-4     Document Type: Article

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