Integrins: Alternative splicing as a mechanism to regulate ligand binding and integrin signaling events

BioEssays

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 499-509

  De Melker, Annemieke A ^a   Sonnenberg, Arnoud ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETON; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEIN; INTEGRIN; LIGAND BINDING; RNA SPLICING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0033152940     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-1878(199906)21:6<499::AID-BIES6>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Review

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