The small GTPases Rho and Rac are required for the establishment of cadherin-dependent cell-cell contacts

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 137, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1421-1431

  Braga, Vania M M ^a   Machesky, Laura M ^a   Hall, Alan ^a   Hotchin, Neil A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL CONTACT; CELL INTERACTION; CELL JUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICROINJECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

3T3 CELLS; ACTINS; ANIMALS; CADHERINS; CALCIUM; CELL ADHESION; CELLS, CULTURED; CULTURE MEDIA; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; MICE; RABBITS; RAC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030968177     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.137.6.1421     Document Type: Article

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