The complexus adhaerens of mammalian lymphatic endothelia revisited: A junction even more complex than hitherto thought

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 324, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 55-67

  Hämmerling, Bettina ^a   Grund, Christine ^a   Boda Heggemann, Judit ^a   Moll, Roland ^b   Franke, Werner W ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bovine; Complexus adhaerens; Human; Junctions; Lymph node; Lymphatic endothelium; Retothelium; Rodent

Indexed keywords

AFADIN PROTEIN; ALPHA CATENIN; BETA CATENIN; CELL PROTEIN; CLAUDIN 5; DESMOPLAKIN; PLAKOGLOBIN; PROTEIN P120; PROTEIN ZO1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CADHERIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL SIZE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESMOSOME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPH VESSEL ENDOTHELIUM; MONOLAYER CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIGHT JUNCTION;

3T3 CELLS; ADHERENS JUNCTIONS; ANIMALS; CACO-2 CELLS; CATTLE; CELLS, CULTURED; DESMOPLAKINS; ENDOTHELIUM, LYMPHATIC; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 33644613890     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-005-0090-3     Document Type: Article

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