The ezrin protein family: Membrane-cytoskeleton interactions and disease associations

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 659-666

  Vaheri, Antti ^a   Carpén, Olli ^a   Heiska, Leena ^a   Helander, Tuula S ^a   Jääskeläinen, Juha ^a   Majander Nordenswan, Päivi ^a   Sainio, Markku ^a   Timonen, Tuomo ^a   Turunen, Ossi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; ERYTHROCYTE BAND 4.1 PROTEIN; EZRIN; F ACTIN; HERMES ANTIGEN; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 2; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MOESIN; RADIXIN;

CARCINOGENESIS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CYTOSKELETON; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HUMAN; MENINGIOMA; NEURILEMOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

FALCO COLUMBARIUS;

EID: 0030800927     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-0674(97)80119-6     Document Type: Article

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