A novel type of adhering junction in an epithelioid tumorigenic rat cell culture line

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 294, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 11-25

  Schmelz, Monika ^a,c   Way, Dennis L ^b   Borgs, Peter ^d,e   Peitsch, Wiebke K ^c   Schmidt, Hannelore ^a   Witte, Marlys H ^b   Witte, Charles L ^b   Franke, Werner W ^c   Moll, Roland ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^e PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adhering junctions; Cadherins; Desmoplakin; Desmosomes; Endothelial junctions; Plaque proteins; Protein ZO 1; Rat, cell culture

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CATENIN; BETA CATENIN; DESMOPLAKIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; PLAKOGLOBIN; VINCULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL CONTACT; CELL LINE; DESMOSOME; EPITHELIOID CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TIGHT JUNCTION;

ALPHA CATENIN; ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; CADHERINS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DESMOCOLLINS; DESMOGLEINS; DESMOPLAKINS; DESMOSOMES; GAMMA CATENIN; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, NUDE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; RATS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; VINCULIN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031692387     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410051152     Document Type: Article

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