Vascular endothelial (VE)-cadherin: Only an intercellular glue?

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 252, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 13-19

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

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Cadherins; Catenins; Endothelial cells; Vascular permeability

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN;

BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENE FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0033543988     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/excr.1999.4601     Document Type: Review

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