Control of epithelial cell shape and polarity

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 471-475

  Knust, Elisabeth ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CELL PROTEIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; SPECTRIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; CELL POLARITY; CELL SHAPE; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; REVIEW;

EID: 0033864207     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(00)00115-5     Document Type: Review

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