Shear stress-induced endothelial cell polarization is mediated by Rho and Rac but not Cdc42 or PI 3-kinases

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 429-439

  Wojciak Stothard, Beata ^a,b   Ridley, Anne J ^a,b  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actin cytoskeleton; Migration; Polarity; Rho GTPases; Rho kinase

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN CDC42; RAC PROTEIN; RHO KINASE; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL ELONGATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTION; CELL POLARITY; CELL SHAPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; DEPOLARIZATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS;

1-PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASE; CDC42 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL POLARITY; CELL SIZE; CELLS, CULTURED; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MUTATION; RAC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; RHOA GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0037731922     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200210135     Document Type: Article

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