Deciphering the functional role of endothelial junctions by using in vivo models

EMBO Reports

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 742-747

  Nyqvist, Daniel ^a   Giampietro, Costanza ^a   Dejana, Elisabetta ^a,b  

^a FIRC INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; CATENIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CADHERIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; CELL JUNCTION; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOTHELIUM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENE INACTIVATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIGHT JUNCTION;

ADHERENS JUNCTIONS; ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; CADHERINS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TIGHT JUNCTIONS;

EID: 48649103538     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: 14693178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/embor.2008.123     Document Type: Review

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