The N-cadherin/catenin complex in colon fibroblasts and myofibroblasts

Cell Adhesion and Communication

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 139-150

  Van Hoorde, Leen ^a   Braet, Katleen ^a   Mareel, Marc ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

smooth muscle actin; Catenins; Colon cancer; Myofibroblast; N cadherin

Indexed keywords

ACTIN ANTIBODY; ALPHA ACTIN; CATENIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; RNA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ARTICLE; COLON; COLON CANCER; COLON MUCOSA; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MYOFIBROBLAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ALPHA CATENIN; ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; CADHERINS; CELLS, CULTURED; COLON; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; RABBITS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0032988479     PISSN: 10615385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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