Rho and rho-kinase (ROCK) signaling in adherens and gap junction assembly in corneal epithelium

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 978-986

  Anderson, Susan C ^a   Stone, Cynthia ^a   Tkach, Lisa ^a   SundarRaj, Nirmala ^a  

^a University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RHO FACTOR; RHO KINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GAP JUNCTION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADHERENS JUNCTIONS; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CADHERINS; CELL ADHESION; CELLS, CULTURED; CONNEXIN 43; DOWN-REGULATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GAP JUNCTIONS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RABBITS; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0036204837     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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