Rho and Rac but not Cdc42 regulate endothelial cell permeability

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 114, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1343-1355

  Wójciak Stothard, Beata ^a,b   Potempa, Sandra ^a,c   Eichholtz, Thomas ^c   Ridley, Anne J ^a,b  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actin cytoskeleton; Rho GTPase; Tight junction; Vascular permeability

Indexed keywords

4 (1 AMINOETHYL) N (4 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; F ACTIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; HISTAMINE; PROTEIN CDC42; RAC PROTEIN; RHO FACTOR; THROMBIN; VIRUS VECTOR;

ADENOVIRUS; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENE FUNCTION; GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TIGHT JUNCTION; UMBILICAL VEIN; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ACTINS; ADHERENS JUNCTIONS; AMIDES; CDC42 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; CELL ADHESION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOSKELETON; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HISTAMINE; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; PYRIDINES; RAC1 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; RHOA GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; THROMBIN; TIGHT JUNCTIONS;

ADENOVIRIDAE;

EID: 0035040645     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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