VE-cadherin: Adhesion at arm's length

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 286, Issue 5 55-5, 2004, Pages

  Vincent, Peter A ^a   Xiao, Kanyan ^b   Buckley, Kathleen M ^c   Kowalczyk, Andrew P ^b  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

catenin; Cell adhesion; Cytoskeleton; Endothelial cell; p120ctn; Vascular endothelial cadherin

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; BINDING PROTEIN; CADHERIN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; PLAKOGLOBIN; PROTEIN P120; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CADHERIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ARMADILLO; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; CELL ADHESION; CELL FUNCTION; CYTOSKELETON; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; KERATINOCYTE; MAMMAL CELL; MICROVASCULATURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SARCOMERE LENGTH; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; CADHERINS; CELL ADHESION; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; ARMADILLO; MAMMALIA;

EID: 1942518904     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00522.2003     Document Type: Review

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