Beyond vessels: Occurrence and regional clustering of vascular endothelial (VE-)cadherin-containing junctions in non-endothelial cells

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 335, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 49-65

  Boda Heggemann, Judit ^a,b   Régnier Vigouroux, Anne ^a   Franke, Werner W ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Endothelial cells; Glial cells; Gliomas; Melanoma cells; VE cadherin

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; CADHERIN 11; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CADHERIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ASTROCYTE; ASTROCYTOMA; BLOOD VESSEL; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL CLONE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL SURFACE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MELANOMA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW;

ADHERENS JUNCTIONS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; ASTROCYTES; ASTROCYTOMA; CADHERINS; CALCIUM; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 57749203809     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-008-0718-1     Document Type: Review

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