Rac-1 and IQGAP are potential regulators of E-cadherin-catenin interactions during murine preimplantation development

Gene Expression Patterns

Volumn 2, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 17-22

  Natale, David R ^a   Watson, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Cell adhesion; Cell polarity; Embryo; IQGAP; Oocyte; Trophectoderm

Indexed keywords

CATENIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE ACTIVATING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; RAC1 PROTEIN; RHO FACTOR; UVOMORULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIVISION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE ISOLATION; MAMMAL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; BLASTOCYST; CADHERINS; CDC42 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL POLARITY; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MICE; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; RAC1 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; RAS GTPASE-ACTIVATING PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

BOVINAE; MAMMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 0036873429     PISSN: 1567133X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(02)00350-7     Document Type: Article

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