Rho-stimulated contractility contributes to the fibroblastic phenotype of Ras-transformed epithelial cells

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2329-2344

  Zhong, Cuiling ^a   Kinch, Michael S ^a,b   Burridge, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN; RHO FACTOR; TRANSFERASE; UVOMORULIN;

ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CELL JUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; ONCOGENE H RAS; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHORYLATION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030785342     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.8.11.2329     Document Type: Article

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