Cell polarity: Par6, aPKC and cytoskeletal crosstalk

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 67-72

  Etienne Manneville, Sandrine ^a   Hall, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARTITIONING DEFECTIVE PROTEIN 3; PARTITIONING DEFECTIVE PROTEIN 6; PROTEIN; PROTEIN CDC42; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEIN P56; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WISKOTT ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIVISION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL POLARITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CYTOSKELETON; DROSOPHILA; EPITHELIUM CELL; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; TIGHT JUNCTION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA;

EID: 0037222950     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-0674(02)00005-4     Document Type: Review

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