The C. elegans ezrin-radixin-moesin protein ERM-1 is necessary for apical junction remodelling and tubulogenesis in the intestine

Developmental Biology

Volumn 272, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 262-276

  Van Fürden, Daniela ^a   Johnson, Kevin ^a,b   Segbert, Christoph ^a   Bossinger, Olaf ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Institut fur Genetik   (Germany)

Author keywords

Actin filaments; AJ; apical junction; Apical junction; C. elegans; double stranded RNA; dsRNA; Epithelium; ERM; Ezrin; ezrin radixin moesin; FERM; FERM domain; four point one, ezrin radixin moesin; Intercellular junctions; Intestine; Moesin; ORF; Radixin; Tubulogenesis

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; CATENIN; EZRIN; F ACTIN; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MOESIN; RADIXIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; APICAL MEMBRANE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL JUNCTION; CELL POLARITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EMBRYO; GENOME; HUMAN; INTESTINE; INTESTINE CELL; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RNA INTERFERENCE; UPREGULATION;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 3042704362     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2004.05.012     Document Type: Article

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