The N-terminal domain of vimentin alters bladder permeability

Journal of Urology

Volumn 170, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 2091-2094

  Lewis, Simon A ^a   Traub, P ^b   Spilker, Christian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bladder; Cell membrane; Epithelium; Vimentin

Indexed keywords

ANION; CATION; VIMENTIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; APICAL MEMBRANE; ARTICLE; BLADDER EPITHELIUM; BLADDER FUNCTION; BLADDER PERMEABILITY; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MALE; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

EID: 0141918848     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000092885.17420.4a     Document Type: Article

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