Cell polarity: The ups and downs of the Par6/aPKC complex

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 341-350

  Henrique, Domingos ^a,b   Schweisguth, François ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

^b Facultade de Medicina de Lisboa   (Portugal)

^c ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTOR PROTEIN; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; CLAUDIN; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3BETA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; HISTIDINE; INTEGRIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MYOSIN II; PAR 6 PROTEIN; PAR-6 PROTEIN; PKC 3 PROTEIN; PKC-3 PROTEIN; PROTEASE-ACTIVATED RECEPTOR 3; PROTEIN; PROTEIN CDC42; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR 3; PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR 6; RAC PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; THROMBIN RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ASTROCYTE; BINDING AFFINITY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIVISION; CELL FATE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL POLARITY; CELL STRAIN COS1; CELL TYPE; CELL VACUOLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYTOSKELETON; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYOLOGY; EPITHELIUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FLY; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; GOLGI COMPLEX; KIDNEY; LARVA; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; METAZOON; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NEUROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PAR 3 GENE; PAR 6 GENE; PKC GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; SENSE ORGAN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STEM CELL; TIGHT JUNCTION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; WORM;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; METAZOA; RICKETTSIA SP. PAR;

EID: 0042346345     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(03)00077-7     Document Type: Review

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