Cleavage of β-catenin and plakoglobin and shedding of VE-cadherin during endothelial apoptosis: Evidence for a role for caspases and metalloproteinases

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1589-1601

  Herren, Barbara ^a,b   Levkau, Bodo ^a   Raines, Elaine W ^a   Ross, Russell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; CATENIN; METALLOPROTEIN; PLAKOGLOBIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031867833     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.9.6.1589     Document Type: Article

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