RNAi knockdown of the focal adhesion protein TES reveals its role in actin stress fibre organisation

Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 140-152

  Griffith, Elen ^a,b   Coutts, Amanda S ^a,b   Black, Donald M ^a  

^a BEATSON INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actin stress fibres; Focal adhesion; RNAi; TES; Zyxin

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; PROTEIN MENA; PROTEIN TES; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TALIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASODILATOR STIMULATED PHOSPHOPROTEIN; ZYXIN;

ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FOCAL ADHESION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; STRESS FIBER;

ACTINS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; FOCAL ADHESIONS; GLYCOPROTEINS; HELA CELLS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; RHOA GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; STRESS FIBERS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

MENA;

EID: 14644404268     PISSN: 08861544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cm.20052     Document Type: Article

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