Growth factors and the kidney: Regulation of epithelial cell movement and morphogenesis

American Journal of Physiology

Volumn 271, Issue 6 PART 2, 1996, Pages

  Cantley, Lloyd G ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

C met; Cell adhesion; Hepatocyte growth factor; Tubulogenesis

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBRIL; GROWTH FACTOR; SCATTER FACTOR;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL CELL; BASOLATERAL MEMBRANE; CELL ADHESION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MOTION; EPITHELIUM CELL; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY TUBULE; MITOGENICITY; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL MOVEMENT; CYTOSKELETON; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; KIDNEY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MET; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0030449827     PISSN: 00029513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.1996.271.6.f1103     Document Type: Article

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