Effect of latrunculin-A on morphology and actin-associated adhesions of cultured human trabecular meshwork cells

Molecular Vision

Volumn 6, Issue 18, 2000, Pages 132-143

  Cai, Suping ^a   Liu, Xuyang ^a   Glasser, Adrian ^a   Volberg, Tova ^b   Filla, Mark ^a   Geiger, Benjamin ^b   Polansky, Jon R ^c   Kaufman, Paul L ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d F4/328 CSC ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; BETA CATENIN; CTNNB1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; FUSED HETEROCYCLIC RINGS; LATRUNCULIN A; MACROLIDE; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; THIAZOLIDINE DERIVATIVE; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; VINCULIN;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; CYTOSKELETON; DRUG EFFECT; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROSCOPY; TRABECULAR MESHWORK; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACTINS; BETA CATENIN; BICYCLO COMPOUNDS, HETEROCYCLIC; CELL ADHESION; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETON; HUMANS; MACROLIDES; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; THIAZOLES; THIAZOLIDINES; TRABECULAR MESHWORK; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VINCULIN;

EID: 0034725487     PISSN: 10900535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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