Serum response factor is crucial for actin cytoskeletal organization and focal adhesion assembly in embryonic stem cells

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 156, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 737-750

  Schratt, Gerhard ^a   Philippar, Ulrike ^a   Berger, Jürgen ^b   Schwarz, Heinz ^b   Heidenreich, Olaf ^a   Nordheim, Alfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Actin cytoskeleton; Cell migration; ES cells; Focal adhesion; SRF

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; BETA1 INTEGRIN; F ACTIN; FOCAL ADHESION KINASE; SERUM RESPONSE FACTOR; TALIN; VINCULIN; ZYXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SPREADING; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FOCAL ADHESION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037128216     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200106008     Document Type: Article

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