Ezrin is an effector of hepatocyte growth factor-mediated migration and morphogenesis in epithelial cells

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 423-434

  Crepaldi, Tiziana ^a,b   Gautreau, Alexis ^a   Comoglio, Paolo M ^b   Louvard, Daniel ^a   Arpin, Monique ^a,c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SCATTER FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SHAPE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPITHELIUM CELL; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL POLARITY; CELL SIZE; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HEPATOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR; KIDNEY TUBULES; LLC-PK1 CELLS; MICROVILLI; MORPHOGENESIS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MET; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SWINE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030763919     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.138.2.423     Document Type: Article

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