Regulation of epithelial and endothelial junctions by PAR proteins

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 13, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 6520-6536

  Ebnet, Klaus ^a   Iden, Sandra ^a   Gerke, Volker ^a   Suzuki, Atsushi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell polarity; Cell Cell Contacts; Epithelial Cells; JAM; Membrane Asymmetry; PAR proteins; Review; Tight Junctions

Indexed keywords

VERTEBRATA;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; CRB3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; INADL PROTEIN, HUMAN; JTB PROTEIN, HUMAN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MPP5 PROTEIN, HUMAN; NUCLEOSIDE MONOPHOSPHATE KINASE; PAR 6 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; PAR-6 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; PROTEIN KINASE C; TUMOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL JUNCTION; CELL POLARITY; CYTOLOGY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; MALE; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL POLARITY; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; MALE; MAMMALS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NUCLEOSIDE-PHOSPHATE KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE C; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATIDS;

EID: 52049125202     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/3172     Document Type: Article

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