Desmosomes: Interconnected calcium-dependent structures of remarkable stability with significant integral membrane protein turnover

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 115, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1717-1732

  Windoffer, Reinhard ^a   Borchert Stuhlträger, Monika ^a   Leube, Rudolf E ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell contact; Desmosome; Fluorescence recovery after photobleaching; Green fluorescent protein; Intermediate filament; Live cell imaging

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; CALCIUM; CYTOKERATIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; DESMOCOLLIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; POLYPEPTIDE; DSC2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; KERATIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL ADHESION; CELL CLONE; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL LABELING; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESMOSOME; ELASTICITY; EPITHELIUM; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MEMBRANE FUSION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NONHUMAN; PLIABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; ANIMAL; CARCINOMA; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DOG; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENETICS; LIVER TUMOR; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REPORTER GENE; TIME;

ANIMAL; CALCIUM; CARCINOMA; CELL ADHESION; CELL CYCLE; CELL LINE; DESMOSOMES; DOGS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENES, REPORTER; HUMAN; KERATIN; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TIME FACTORS; ANIMALS; DESMOCOLLINS; HUMANS; KERATINS;

EID: 0037089075     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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