Moesin functions antagonistically to the Rho pathway to maintain epithelial integrity

Nature

Volumn 421, Issue 6918, 2003, Pages 83-87

  Speck, Olga ^a,b   Hughes, Sarah C ^a,b   Noren, Nicole K ^b   Kulikauskas, Rima M ^a,b   Fehon, Richard G ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; MEMBRANES; PROTEINS;

RHO PATHWAYS;

NATURAL SCIENCES;

ACTIN; EZRIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MOESIN; RADIXIN; RHO FACTOR;

BIOLOGY;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037413625     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01295     Document Type: Article

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