Rac regulates endothelial morphogenesis and capillary assembly

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 2474-2485

  Connolly, John O ^a   Simpson, Nandi ^a   Hewlett, Lindsay ^a   Hall, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MYOSIN; RAC PROTEIN; RHO FACTOR; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; COLLAGEN; HYBRID PROTEIN; LAMININ; MATRIGEL; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; PROTEOGLYCAN; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; TOXB PROTEIN, CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

ARTICLE; CAPILLARY; CELL MIGRATION; CELL STRUCTURE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CYTOSKELETON; ENDOTHELIUM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MICROTUBULE; MORPHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; ANGIOGENESIS; CELL CULTURE; CELL MOTION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SIZE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG COMBINATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROINJECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ACTINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CAPILLARIES; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SIZE; CELLS, CULTURED; COLLAGEN; CYTOSKELETON; DRUG COMBINATIONS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; LAMININ; MICROINJECTIONS; MICROTUBULES; MORPHOGENESIS; MYOSINS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; PROTEOGLYCANS; RAC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0036325594     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E02-01-0006     Document Type: Article

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