Cell-cell contacts in the human cell line ECV304 exhibit both endothelial and epithelial characteristics

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 297, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 131-140

  Kiessling, Fabian ^a   Haller, Christlieb ^a   Kartenbeck, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adherens junctions; Cell culture; Desmosomes; Endothelial permeability; Polarity; Tightjunctions; Transmembrane resistance

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CADHERIN; DESMOCOLLIN; DESMOGLEIN; DESMOPLAKIN; ENDOTHELIN; LANTHANUM; OCCLUDIN; PLAKOGLOBIN; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 1; THROMBOMODULIN; VITRONECTIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL JUNCTION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DESMOSOME; DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; KIDNEY CELL; NONHUMAN; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TIGHT JUNCTION; UMBILICAL VEIN;

ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL LINE; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DESMOCOLLINS; DESMOGLEINS; DESMOPLAKINS; DOGS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GAMMA CATENIN; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PROTEINS; TIGHT JUNCTIONS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; UMBILICAL VEINS;

EID: 0033045578     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410051340     Document Type: Article

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