Direct involvement of ezrin/radixin/moesin (ERM)-binding membrane proteins in the organization of microvilli in collaboration with activated ERM proteins

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 145, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1497-1509

  Yonemura, Shigenobu ^a   Tsukita, Sachiko ^a   Tsukita, Shoichiro ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ERM; Ezrin; Microvilli; Moesin; Radixin

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; EZRIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MOESIN; RADIXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CYTOSKELETON; FIBROBLAST; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MICROVILLUS; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD43; ANTIGENS, CD44; BLOOD PROTEINS; CADHERINS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CELL LINE; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MICROFILAMENTS; MICROVILLI; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE DELETION; SIALOGLYCOPROTEINS; THREONINE; TRANSFECTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033612533     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.145.7.1497     Document Type: Article

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