Cadherin-catenin proteins in vertebrate development

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 499-506

  Lien, Wen Hui ^a,b   Klezovitch, Olga ^a   Vasioukhin, Valeri ^a  

^a USA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CATENIN; BETA CATENIN; CADHERIN; CATENIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; P CADHERIN; PLAKOGLOBIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UVOMORULIN; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CADHERIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; BIOSENSOR; BLASTOCYST; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIVISION; CELL STRUCTURE; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EPIDERMIS; GASTRULATION; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL CREST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; TISSUE STRUCTURE; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CADHERINS; CATENINS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EPIDERMIS; MORPHOGENESIS; NEURAL CREST; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33748449057     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2006.07.001     Document Type: Review

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