The role of endothelial cell-to-cell junctions in vascular morphogenesis

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 755-761

  Dejana, Elisabetta ^a   Bazzoni, Gianfranco ^a   Lampugnani, Maria Grazia ^a  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; CD31 ANTIGEN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; INTEGRIN; PROTEOGLYCAN;

ANGIOGENESIS; CELL ADHESION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; MORPHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIGHT JUNCTION;

EID: 0032747356     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1615908     Document Type: Conference Paper

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